‘Rendez-Vousing’ With Alexander McQueen

LONDON — Next February will mark 10 years since the death of Lee Alexander McQueen, but for his old friend and collaborator Anne Deniau, he’s often right there alongside her, poring over contact sheets, sweeping her baby son into his arms, or just having a laugh in the studio. Deniau, whose professional name is Ann Ray, photographed McQueen, his studio colleagues and models for 13 years. He wanted her to document his design process and the backstage at his runway shows, starting from his first haute couture collection at Givenchy. Her specialty isn’t fashion, but rather the performing arts, and she currently works as a photographer for the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, makes films and writes poetry and fiction. So distant was Deniau from the fashion world, she admits she didn’t realize how famous McQueen was until he died. Her intimate relationship with McQueen is the inspiration for “Ann Ray & Lee McQueen: Rendez-Vous,” a show of photography and Alexander McQueen clothing that opens Saturday at a new gallery space called Projects and Exhibitions in St. Louis, Mo. The show runs until Feb. 15. More than 65 photos shot between 1997 and 2010 — a mix of reportage, portraiture, art and fashion

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