Bettina Rheims, The Book of Olga - Clippings

"In 2008 Rheims accepted a private commission to photograph Olga Rodionova, the wife of a Russian oligarch. This is one of several similar commissions she has undertaken in Russia over the past few years, a country where, she says, 'you can go much further with your fantasies'. With the encouragement of Rheims, the one-off commission became a continuing, increasingly more explicit project... The resulting project was published by TASCHEN under the title The Book of Olga and was lauded by French critics as a work of art." Professional Photographer, London, United Kingdom