Argentina Karina Rabolini photographed by Andy Cherniavski
Karina Rabolini, spouse of Vice-President, CEO of Virgin
Karina Rabolini is both a successful businesswoman and the wife of Argentine vice-president Daniel Scioli. A former fashion model, she has created her own line of beauty products and fragrances that carry her name. Independent by nature, fascinated by challenges and a media darling, she admits that she simply cannot imagine her life without work. Her professional activities give her the strength she needs to feel she is fully alive. She conducts her business in parallel with her many official obligations as the wife of a senior statesman.
Andy Cherniavsky, Photographer
As a famous photographer who has earned international recognition, Andy Cherniavsky has photographed some of the greatest celebrities in music, sport and the Latin culture in general. She has displayed her works in several exhibitions and published two books. The first, ?Corazon Argentino?, features portraits of personalities such as Diego Maradona, Cecilia Roth, Charly Garcia, Gabriela Sabatini and Fito Paez; while the book entitled ?Charly? is an illustrated biography of one of the greatest Latin American musicians, Charly Garcia. Andy Cherniavsky has also worked as a TV producer, created numerous TV spots and advertising campaigns and served as photography director for G7 magazine. Within the fashion world, she has cooperated with Pablo Ramirez, Maria Cher, Breeder?s, Key Biscayne, Cacharel, Lee and Christian Dior.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Australia Delta Goodrem photographed by Daniela Federici
Delta Goodrem, Actress and Singer
Australia?s Delta Goodrem is a trailblazer and an inspiration. Having studied classical piano as a young child and acted in numerous high profile film and television roles, Delta has forged her own path both musically ? as the recipient of eight ARIA awards (Australia?s equivalent of the Grammys) ? and personally, overcoming a brave battle with Hodgkin?s Lymphoma. With a soaring emotional voice and the courage to pen deeply personal lyrics, Delta?s music has been a constant source of inspiration for both herself and her millions of fans. She refers to her two albums Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity as ?the soundtracks of my life?, suppor ting her through the best and most challenging of times. At just 22 years of age, the young woman who plays piano barefoot is taking her positive message and melodic power beyond her homeland to audiences all over the world.
Daniela Federici, Photographer
Daniela Federici was born in Melbourne, Australia where her fascination with both film and photography inspired her to earn degrees in both fields. The famous Guess Jeans advertising campaigns featuring Anna Nicole Smith launched Daniela?s career internationally and the demand for her glamorous and cinematic style of work has seen her based in New York for over a decade. In addition to her regular work for Vogue, Harper?s Bazaar, Elle, Esquire and many other magazines, Daniela has also directed numerous music videos and television commercials, whilst her celebrity clientele is a Who?s Who of Hollywood including Prince, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker and Halle Berry.
The lot consists of 3 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Colombia Claudia Gurisatti photographed by Olga Lucia Jordan
Claudia Gurisatti, Journalist, Radio Director
Born to a father of Italian descent and a Colombian mother, Claudia Gurisatti studied communication at the University Javeriana of Bogota. She soon became involved in journalism through working with various newspapers and then with the RCN radio station. Claudia Gurisatti currently heads two of the country?s most important political broadcasts, the T V program ?La Noche? as well as ?La FM? radio program on RCN Radio. Passionately dedicated to her work and to the quest for truth, she is one of the rare Colombian journalists to have denounced corruption, the cruelty of the Colombian conflict and the brutality of the armed outlaw factions. Repeatedly threatened with death, she has had to leave the country several times. Resisting the threats and refusing to be discouraged, she even produced and directed her programme ?La Noche? from Miami for several months in 2001, before returning to Colombia.
Olga Lucia Jordan, Photographer
Olga Lucia Jordan studied painting at the National University in Bogota and pursued her artistic training in Paris. Now a professional photographer, she continues to take a strong interest in the art world. She is indeed known as ?the artists? photographer?. She has focused her lens on over 250 painters and sculptors from Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and France, including Maestro Fernando Botero, Alejandro Obregon, Omar Rayo and Luis Cabellero. Through books, magazine covers and exhibitions, Olga Lucia Jordan?s work has earned international acclaim. One of her most well known exhibitions, ?Colombia under the feminine view? travelled across Latin America, in Europe as well as several cities in the Russian Federation. This year, Barcelona and Lisbon are to welcome her latest exhibition entitled ?From the window?. Not particularly drawn to technological effects, she generally opts for simplicity and prefers working in natural light.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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France Emmanuelle Seigner photographed by Isabelle Bonjean
Emmanuelle Seigner, Actress
Born in Paris, Emmanuelle Seigner hails from a family of artists: her father is a photographer, her mother a journalist and her grandfather was chairman of the Comédie Française. After her education at a Catholic convent school, Emmanuelle Seigner began working as a fashion model at the age of 14, gracing the cover pages of many different magazines, and did a fragrance for Chanel. She met Dominique Besnehard and began redirecting her career towards movies thanks to Jean-Luc Godard, who offered her a first real role in ?Détective? (1985). She was 19 years? old at the time. In 1988, on the set of ?Frantic?, she met director Roman Polanski and married him the following year. They have two children. Extremely selective about her choices, she has performed in two films directed by her husband, ?Bitter Moon? (1992) and ?The Ninth Gate? (1999), in ?Nirvana? by Gabriele Salvatores, ?Place Vendôme? (1998) by Nicole Garcia, ?Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d?enfants? (2004), a comedy by Yvan Attal; as well as very recently in ?Backstage? (2005) by Emmanuelle Bercot and an English movie ?Four Last Songs? by Francesca Joseph. She is also working on an international English album distributed by BMG.
Isabelle Bonjean, Photographer
Isabelle Bonjean lives and works between Paris and New York. She studied photography in Marseille, then worked as a photo assistant for famous photographers. Her work is focused on still life and beauty. She has contributed extensively to Vogue Gioiello, Surface, Wallpaper, L?Off iciel, Citizen K, Gloss and Madame Figaro among others. Her clients include Boucheron, Cartier, Chaumet, Helena Rubinstein, Lancôme, Louis Vuitton, Saks 5th Av., Shiseido, Swarovski... She has recently begun directing commercials, including a famous Sony Playstation ad. She held her f irst exhibition in a gallery in Paris in September 2000 and is still working on personal projects. She is also the mother of three daughters.
The lot consists of 3 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Hong Kong Charlie Young photographed by Eydie Veronique Tai
Charlie Young, Popstar and Actress
Charlie Young debuted as an ar tist and singer at the age of 19. Since then, she has released nine solo albums and has starred in over 20 films, with memorable performances such as in Wong Kar Wai?s ?Ashes of Time? and ?The Lovers? directed by Tsui Hark. In 1997, Charlie walked off the stage to work on her image consultancy business but recently resumed her ar tist?s life by starring in ?Seven Swords? and ?New Police Story?, which earned her a nomination as Best Actress at the 28th A Hundred Flowers (Bai Hua) Award. As an ambassador for charity organizations including UNICEF and WWF Hong Kong, she always lends her high international profile to them in between her work schedule.
Eydie Veronique Tai, Photographer
This Canadian-born Euroasian photographer specializes in fashion-portraits. Since graduating from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, USA, Eydie shares her time between NYC, Paris, Amsterdam, and now Hong Kong. While traveling around to capture her ?ephemeral? moments of people and life around her, she continues to work with various magazines such as Marie Claire, Men?s Uno and Bazaar. Eydie has also held four exhibitions in NYC and three in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong respectively over the past eight years.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Indonesia Veronica Colondam photographed by Nurulita Adriani Rahayu
Veronica Colondam, CE O of Loving the Nation?s Children Foundation
Veronica Colondam star ted the independent non-profit foundation YCAB, Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (which translates as Loving the Nation?s Children) in 1999. This social foundation focuses on drug abuse, an increasing problem among youth in Indonesia. Its activities help to save lives through education, awareness-raising and primary prevention of narcotics abuse. Veronica Colondam has also initiated the 25,000-member Youth Against Drug Abuse Club and has trained more than half a million youth nationwide. She works extensively with the Indonesian National Narcotic Board and received the National Gold Award from the Indonesian President in 2003. The United Nations Office of Drug Control commissioned her to become the Regional Coordinator of the Global Youth Network for the South East Asia and Pacific region in 2004. Veronica Colondam is also the mother of three children.
Nurulita Adriani Rahayu, Photographer
A fashion, beauty and product photographer for Indonesian mainstream media, Nurulita Adriani Rahayu works and lives in Jakarta. As an associate photographer, she produces commercial advertising projects as well as corporate profile projects. She has worked for Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Cosmo Girl and Spice.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Japan Anna Tsuchiya photographed by Mika Ninagawa
Anna Tsuchiya, Actress
Anna Tsuchiya is one of the most charismatic and successful young Japanese ar tists. She was born in Tokyo to an American father and a Japanese mother. She began a modeling career at 14 years? old and has appeared in numerous TV commercials. In late 2002, Anna began a music career by making the music unit of the Spin Aqua group. They released three singles, one album and a video collection before Anna announced in November 2003 that she was pregnant and dispersed the music unit. After having a son, she resumed her activities as a musician and released two albums of her own while also star ting a career as an actress appearing in ?Kamikaze Girls? and ?A taste of tea? (2004). Now aged 22, she already has a successful eight-year career behind her.
Mika Ninagawa, Photographer
Mika Ninagawa is one of the most famous photographers of Japan and has gained a prestigious reputation as an artist. Serving as fashion photographer for magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Harper?s Bazaar, she has held numerous exhibitions and released many books. In 2002, she held an exhibition at the Issey Miyake store in Tokyo. The shop was covered with Ninagawa?s flower photos and she has since built a strong reputation for mixing fashion and art. Ninagawa?s compositions and bright color are receiving overwhelming support from Tokyo?s young girls who have christened it ?Ninagawa?s color?. She has also started producing TV commercials and music clips. Her first movie ?Sakuran?, starring Anna Tsuchiya, is to be released in spring 2007.
The lot consists of 3 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Malaysia Wan Zaleha Radzi photographed by Sharon Lam
Wan Zaleha Radzi, Media
Wan Zaleha has captured the imagination of Malaysians for over 20 years ? first as an anchor of the primetime news, next as the host and producer of a highly acclaimed magazine programme, and now as a champion dressage competitor. Her latest achievement was bringing the first ever FEI World Cup Jumping Final to Asia in Kuala Lumpur. It was the highest rated television equestrian event ever in the broadcast history of FEI horse spor ts with over 700 million viewers worldwide.
Sharon Lam, Photographer
After studying photography in Melbourne, Australia and then going on to work as a photo-artist for several years, she is now a freelance photographer in Kuala Lumpur. She has just completed a residency in London through an award made by the International Photography Research Network. Lam?s recent work has documented unpopulated public and private space, allowing architecture and the arrangement of furniture and decorations to allude to the everyday experiences of the space and the relations ? and gaps ? between its physical form and its use. Through straight documentary image-making techniques, the images have a theatrical or expectant feel, enhanced by the visual rhythm and seductive colour palette. She has exhibited in the UK, Australia and Malaysia.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Mexico Denise Dresser photographed by Blanca Charolet
Denise Dresser, Doctor in Politics
Denise Dresser is a prominent exper t in Mexican politics. A professor of political science at the ITAM (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico), she is a frequent commentator on Mexican issues in the American and Canadian media and a columnist for leading Mexican publications. Her research has centered on the political economy of Mexico?s democratic transition. She has also taught at Georgetown University and the University of California, Berkeley in the USA. Her most recent publication is an Edited collection of essays by well-known Mexican women entitled ?Gritos y susurros : experiencias intempestivas de 38 mujeres?, that has also been produced as a television documentary.
Blanca Charolet, Photographer
Her broad-ranging career as a self-taught photographer spans 40 years of activity. Blanca Charolet has worked in turn as a press reporter (she is indeed the first Mexican woman press photographer in Mexico), as well as official photographer for the Mexican Presidency and as a portrait photographer for celebrities of artistic, political and scientific circles in Mexico. She has contributed to around twenty books and over sixty exhibitions. Her personal work focuses on bringing out the inside and outside of a person?s beauty through a portrait, as well as cultural and poetic themes including landscapes.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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People?s Republic of China Yang Lang photographed by Juan Zi
Yang Lang, CEO of Sun TV
Yang Lan is one of China?s most famous anchorwomen and successful entrepreneurs in the media world. After studying Foreign Affairs in Beijing University, she won the position of host of the ?Zheng Da Variety Show? on China Central Television. Within a year ?Zheng Da?, a prime-time-Saturday celebrity quiz and talk show, was China?s top-rated TV program with an audience of 220 million. Despite her celebrity, Yang Lan quit the show after four years to go to New York where she spent two years earning a master ?s degree at Colombia University?s School of International & Public Affairs. In 1999, she star ted her own media company with her husband and is now president of Sun Television Cybernetworks. Yang Lan will be one of the image ambassadors for the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008.
Juan Zi, Photographer
Juan Zi is one of China?s most influential fashion & lifestyle photographers. After studying photography and fashion design, she has worked for the best-known fashion magazines in China such as Trends Cosmopolitan, Bazaar, Elle, Miss and Madame Figaro. Winner of numerous national prizes, she has published two photo albums: ?JuanZi?s fashion works? and ?Sisters?. Juan Zi is also art director of Beijing Daya Trends Culture Communications.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Singapore Tani Min Lan photographed by Ruth Soh
Tan Min Lan, Managing Director, Strategist and Head of Research
She is a top analyst in the financial services industry. After having worked for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Merrill Lynch, she is now Managing Director, Strategist and Head of Research at UBS Securities Singapore. She has been consistently ranked by equity investors as one of Singapore?s best regarded analysts in the past four years, according to Institutional Investors and Asiamoney. Min-Lan Tan is married to a pilot in the Republic of Singapore Air Force and has two children.
Ruth Soh, Photographer
She is one of Singapore?s most famous fashion and celebrity photographers and has also developed a long career in entertaining and advertising photography. Capturing that elusive inner beauty that transforms the staid to stunning is her leitmotiv.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Spain Elena Anaya photographed by Sara Zorraquino
Elena Anaya, Actress
This theatre and movie actress has shot around twenty films since 1996. She performed in ?Talk to Her ? by Pedro Almodovar, ?Sex and Lucia? by Julio Medem, and also made a brief appearance in ?Without News of God? alongside Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz. Elena Anaya has developed an international career over the past few years, including roles in American productions such as ?Van Helsing?, ?Dead Fish? and ?In the Land of Women? with Meg Ryan. Deeply attached to Madrid, she enjoys spor ts and especially deep-sea diving.
Sara Zorraquino, Photographer
This fashion and advertising photographer lives in Madrid. She contributes to a dozen newspapers and magazines, including Vogue Espana, Woman, Glamour, Telva and El Pais. Sara Zorraquino has also created major advertising campaigns for Coca-Cola, Telefonica and Chicco.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Thailand Areeya Chumsai photographed by Luckana Virunanon
Areeya Chumsai , Wr iter and Model
Areeya Chumsai grew up in the state of Michigan (USA) and now lives in Bangkok. Elected Miss Thailand in 1994, she is a model and an actress. Areeya is also an English teacher, a columnist for the woman?s magazine Praew as well as a writer. She has had three books published, respectively entitled ?Popspeak?, ?Bootcamp? and ?Thinking Out Loud?. Her life took an unexpected twist when she was invited to become a military officer. Areeya accepted, thinking discipline is an endeavour wor th pursuing.
Luckana Virunanon, Photographer
Currently active as a fashion, beauty and product photographer for Thai and international magazines, Luckana Virunanon has studied in Bangkok. She works on commercial advertising projects and has also designed music albums for Thai artists such as Tata Young or Marsha. She has recently produced a paperback book for charity, in cooperation with a top Thai celebrity.
The lot consists of 2 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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United Kingdom Tilda Swinton photographed by Mary McCartney
Tilda Swinton, Actress
A visually striking and enigmatic actress, Tilda Swinton plays the White Witch in the first ?Chronicles of Narnia?, the highly successful Walt Disney movie released in December 2005. Born into an aristocratic Scottish military family, she was educated in an English boarding school that also housed a cer tain Lady Diana Spencer. She studied at Cambridge University, but subsequently switched to theatre and became a student of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Endowed with a taste for the unique and the bizarre, she found some genuinely interesting gender-bending roles coming her way. She won the Venise Film Festival award for ?Edward II? (1991), enjoyed a major triumph as the title character in ?Orlando? (1993) and played recently in ?Broken Flowers? by Jim Jarmusch in 2005. She has also spent two years in South Africa and Kenya as a voluntary worker in children?s schools.
Mary McCartney, Photographer
As the eldest child of Paul and Linda McCartney, Mary McCartney?s interest in photography inevitably began during her childhood, when her mother, a photographer, never went anywhere without her camera on her shoulder. Mary later started taking photographs professionally, specialising in portrait and fashion photography. Portrait subjects have spanned musicians from Blondie to Wyclef, artists from Peter Blake to Sam Taylor Wood and actors/ actresses such as Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law and Helen Mirren. Her fashion stories have been published in the New York Time Magazine, Harpers, V Magazine and Russian Vogue. Recent commissions include shooting for the Gucci Group, the Stella McCartney advertising campaigns and Adidas. Mary McCartney had her first solo exhibition in October 2004 entitled ?Off Pointe?, a series of portraits of the Royal Opera House Ballet Corps out of hours. She is also working on a personal collection of images under the title ?Keep Faith?, exploring and documenting the legions of dedicated fans, from a variety of musical currents, that keep music alive.
The lot consists of 3 photographs and a TAG Heuer ladies? watch issued in a limited numbered edition, signed by Uma Thurman and by UNIFEM.
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Sold: EUR 1,800