Other media Lagerfeld took up photography in 1987 after being frustrated with images done for Chanel press kits. Chanel's then-image director, Éric Pfrunder, encouraged Lagerfeld to redo them himself, and photography became one of the passions of Lagerfeld's life outside of design. He went on to shoot commercial fashion campaigns, editorial shots for magazines like Harper's Bazaar, as well as architectural and landscape work. "I'm an illustrator with a camera", Lagerfeld told Women's Wear Daily at a 2010 exhibition of his work at the Maison européenne de la photographie.
Other media Lagerfeld took up photography in 1987 after being frustrated with images done for Chanel press kits Chanel's then-image director Éric Pfrunder encouraged Lagerfeld to redo them himself and photography became one of the passions of Lagerfeld's life outside of design He went on to shoot commercial fashion campaigns editorial shots for magazines like Harper's Bazaar as well as architectural and landscape work "I'm an illustrator with a camera" Lagerfeld told Women's Wear Daily at a 2010 exhibition of his work at the Maison européenne de la photographie