Views on Château Lafite Rothschild - 2003

Janine Niepce is the daughter of a Burgundian winemaker who moved to Paris to escape the phylloxera crisis at the beginning of the century. Her distant relative, Nicéphore, was one of the inventors of photography. From the time she studied art and archaeology, Janine was passionate about photography, therefore, she devoted herself completely to it after the war. 

“For Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Janine Niepce took various shots, including the photo of the Château reflected in the pond. Used upside down, it gives a UFO effect to the water lilies that are in the sky…”

Janine Niepce’s photographs have been widely distributed, helping to build the image of France from the 1960s onwards. In particular, they retrace 50 years of evolution of the female condition.