Kate Barry (photographer)

Kate Barry (8 April 1967 – 11 December 2013) was a British fashion photographer, who worked for Vogue and The Sunday Times Magazine.

Kate Barry
Born
Kate Prendergast

8 April 1967
Marylebone, England
Died11 December 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 46)
Paris, France
Children1
Parent(s)John Barry
Jane Birkin
RelativesCharlotte Gainsbourg (half-sister)
Lou Doillon (half-sister)
Judy Campbell (grandmother)
Andrew Birkin (uncle)
David Birkin (cousin)
Anno Birkin (cousin)

Life

Barry was the daughter of Franco-British actress and singer Jane Birkin and the composer John Barry, whose birth surname was Prendergast. Her maternal grandmother was the actress Judy Campbell and her uncle was the director Andrew Birkin. She moved from Britain to France as a child, and was raised by her mother and her mother's partner Serge Gainsbourg.[1] She was estranged from her birth father until after her mother and Gainsbourg split up in 1980.

Barry had two half-sisters on her mother's side, French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg and actress and singer Lou Doillon. She had two half-sisters on her father's side, Suzy and Sian and a half-brother, Jon-Patrick. In 1987, she gave birth to her only child, a son named Roman de Kermadec with her partner, Pascal Huon de Kermadec.[1]

Career

Barry is known for her intimate photographs of famous people.[2] She worked frequently with her mother and sisters, and was also responsible for the album cover of Carla Bruni’s debut album Quelqu'un m'a dit.[1]

In 2012, Barry released a book Dinard : Essai d'autobiographie immobilière in collaboration with journalist Jean Rolin.

Death

Barry suffered from an addiction to drugs and alcohol over many years which began as a teenager. She founded the charity Aide et Prévention des Toxicodépendances par l’Entraide (APTE) to aid drug addicts to recover via therapy.[1][3]

On 11 December 2013, Barry died as a result of a fall from her fourth floor apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, in what was assumed to be a suicide.[4][5] Her sister Charlotte Gainsbourg later disputed the reports of suicide, saying "I want to believe it's an accident" but admitting that it was impossible to know whether Barry's death was accidental or a deliberate act.[3] Barry was buried in Paris.[6]

References
  1. Perrone, Pierre (13 December 2013). "Kate Barry: Photographer - Obituaries". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. Diderich, Joelle (13 December 2013). "Photographer Kate Barry Dead at 46". WWD. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. Day, Elizabeth (12 November 2017). "Interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of Serge and Jane Birkin, on her wild childhood and her sister's death". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019. (subscription required)
  4. Allen, Peter (12 December 2013). "France's culture minister pays tribute to British photographer Kate Barry". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. Randhawa, Kiran; Allen, Peter (12 December 2013). "Kate Barry, photographer daughter of Jane Birkin and Bond film composer John Barry, dies in fall from Paris apartment". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  6. Diderich, Joelle (19 December 2013). "Kate Barry Laid to Rest in Paris". WWD. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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