Above: Tim Groen: Eléonore Hendricks, New York

During her mid-teens she was shot by Bruce Weber, Mark Borthwick , Ellen von Unwerth, Terry Richardson and Juergen Teller . She appeared in Vogue Italia, did Versace campaigns, and saw her own face as photographed by David Simms drive by on New York City buses and, yes, on movie theatre popcorn bags, thanks to the omnipresent CK1 campaign. She was a waif when waifs were what Dr. Fashion ordered. I’m referring to Eléonore Hendricks, who has since moved on to become an actress and a photographer, and she takes both disciplines equally seriously. Beautiful and smart by any standard, Eléonore attended Smith College, where her interest in portraiture of women was sparked. She’s a native New Yorker and her father is Jon Hendricks, nr. 1 Fluxus expert/curator, and author of the awesome Fluxus Codex. She takes acting classes from Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), and is dating Josh Safdie, of Red Bucket Films, in whose projects she stars.
So, you see, it’ll be hard to find a girl who’s cooler then Eléonore Hendricks. “I need somebody to prod me along with electrical shocks a couple of times a day,” she laughs, “just to get me off my ass!” But I don’t believe it one bit.
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