Gilles Bensimon

Gilles Bensimon is a top fashion photographer and the International Creative Director of ELLE magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series America's Next Top Model. Born in Paris, France in 1944, he joined the French ELLE in 1967, where he met his first wife Pascha. When the American ELLE was launched in 1985, Bensimon was invited to join it. Here he photographed many well-known models, including Christy Turlingto... more

Gilles Bensimon is a top fashion photographer and the International Creative Director of ELLE magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series America's Next Top Model. Born in Paris, France in 1944, he joined the French ELLE in 1967, where he met his first wife Pascha. When the American ELLE was launched in 1985, Bensimon was invited to join it. Here he photographed many well-known models, including Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Lisa Snowdon, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Rachel Williams, Honor Fraser and Beverly Peele. In 1985 he also met his second wife, Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson, but they divorced in 1989. In 1999, he became the director of the American ELLE. He has one child with Pascha, and two daughters with his third wife, journalist Kelly Killoren Bensimon who is on the reality show The Real Housewives of New York City. The couple are now divorced. Since that time, Bensimon has been linked to several fashion... less