Sous Les Etoiles Gallery

10/13/2026

When Sophie started her carrier, digital photography didn't exist, and her prints
were sent to magazines or clients directly. " I was spending a
lot of time at the lab to work on the color grading. The images
weren’t retouched and for me, photography has always been much more than just a
way to capture a moment. It's a way to tell stories and question reality.
Staging is important in her work. " I like to stage things and
then wait for the unexpected. My work often lies somewhere between reality and fiction. I like to think of the studio as a small theatre, where my
models improvise being themselves.
My images are like little enigmas, suspended in time… where
the boundaries between the real and the artificial are blurred.
Most of these « Early Fashion Work » images are analog
photographs.

The Thread Between by Sophie Delaporte is on view through October 31st
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10/06/2026

on view through October 31st, The Thread Between by Sophie Delaporte

Sophie Delaporte started photography as a teenager, photographing my two younger sisters disguised in my mum’ s dresses.

Sophie explains: " In the ’80s, I thought about becoming a fashion photographer because I didn’t like the way women were represented in fashion magazines. I wanted to suggest a different vision, to challenge the established codes. This picture, which I shot for i-D magazine, is really important to me because, in a way, it pokes fun at the way women were represented in fashion magazines at the time. I love her sulky look. Actually, all my work tends to defend the idea of a woman who is free from stereotypical representations."

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10/02/2026

The Madison Avenue Fall Gallery Walk returns tomorrow on Saturday, October 3.
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is pleased to be part of this event with currently on view The Thread Between by Sophie Delaporte.

The gallery will be open from 12 to 5 PM.

This free event invites the public to visit participating galleries, view their exhibitions and attend expert talks led by artists and curators on Madison Avenue & side streets from East 57th to East 86th Streets. Visit our 42 participating galleries to discover new exhibitions, view exceptional works of art, and hear from artists and curators through special talks and programming. Make sure to spend the day exploring the galleries, strolling Madison Avenue, and experiencing the vibrant art scene that makes the neighborhood a destination for art lovers.

10/01/2026

Currently on view The Thread Between, by Sophie Delaporte on view through October 31st., 2026

This image of Maggie Rizer is part of a Beauty series created for Vogue Italia. It marked her first collaboration with the magazine, commissioned by the legendary editor Franca Sozzani around the theme of water.

The work belongs to her Early Fashion Works, a body of images first exhibited at Galerie Marion Meyer in Paris during Le Mois de la Photo in 2002, and later represented by Sous Les Étoiles Gallery in New York .

Sophie Delaporte said: Throughout my career, I have been interested in the way fashion photography can exist beyond the pages of a magazine and take on another life. For me, the boundaries between art and fashion have always been fluid. Fashion provides a space for experimentation, but the image ultimately needs to stand on its own. Color has been central to the development of my visual language. I have always sought to bring photography closer to painting, using light and color not simply as technical tools, but as essential elements in the construction of the image. I approach photography as a colorist, creating images in which color, form, and light come together to give the photograph a distinctly pictorial quality.

09/29/2026

Thank you Armory Show visitors this past week! It had been an amazing sharing experience with our collectors, clients, friends and the entire crowd. And of course a huge tribute to our artist for this “Resonances” presentation, Gottfried Jäger and Pe Lang. Their creativity and their vision reinforced our energy and passion. Inquiries can be made by DM or by visiting our website. pelang The Armory Show

09/27/2026

Last day in f the Armory Show 2026. Visit us at Booth 216 for the presentation “Resonance” a duo show with Pe Lang and Gottfried Jäger.

09/27/2026

09/19/2026

Today, Saturday September 19th at 4 PM, exhibition tour with Sophie Delaporte

Sophie Delaporte — Early Fashion Works

An iconic image from Sophie Delaporte’s Early Fashion Works, where fashion escapes conventional representation and becomes a stage for storytelling.

A woman in red, a mysterious wolf-like figure, an exaggerated embrace—the image unfolds somewhere between fairy tale, desire, humor, and theatrical fiction. Already present is Delaporte’s distinctive approach: women are not simply photographed wearing clothes; they become protagonists of enigmatic stories, free to perform, seduce, play, and reinvent themselves.

A photograph that captures the audacity and imaginative freedom that defined Delaporte’s early fashion work.

09/17/2026

In Needleworks, Sophie Delaporte transforms images inspired by the visual codes of 1980s and 1990s erotic magazines through the unexpected language of embroidery and needlework.

Here, the delicate, domestic gesture of stitching meets the sensuality of the female body—covering and revealing, disrupting and reinventing the original image. Playful yet provocative, Delaporte bypasses established codes of representation, reclaiming the image as a space of freedom, desire, and imagination.

09/16/2026

Thursday September 17th, opening of the Thread Between, our new exhibition with Sophie Delaporte in attendance. An exhibition tour with the artist is also scheduled Saturday September 19th at 4 PM.
The Thread Between, by Sophie Delaporte brings together her Needleworks series and a selection of her early fashion photographs. Spanning nearly three decades of artistic practice, the exhibition reveals a continuous exploration of femininity, desire, intimacy, and the representation of the female body.
The Thread Between reflects Delaporte’s distinctive way of engaging with established visual codes: rather than confronting them from the outside, she enters their language and transforms it from within. Whether working within the conventions of fashion photography or physically intervening upon images drawn from erotic magazines, Delaporte shifts the gaze, introducing ambiguity, humor, sensuality, and female agency. Across both bodies of work, women emerge not as passive subjects of representation, but as protagonists within images whose meanings are continually being questioned and reinvented.

The exhibition is on view at the gallery through October 31st, 2026