Gilles Bensimon (born 1944) is a fashion photographer and the former International Creative Director of Elle magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series America's Next Top Model.[1]
Born in Paris, France, he joined French Elle in 1967. Two years later Bensimon helped launch American Elle, for which photographed Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Riccobono, Lisa Snowdon, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Rachel Williams, Honor Fraser, Yasmin Le Bon and Beverly Peele.
During his tenure as International Creative Director and Head Photographer of Elle magazine, Bensimon's vision reached an estimated 20 million readers worldwide.
He is well known as a celebrity photographer, with a portfolio consisting of leading models and celebrities, including Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Gisele Bündchen, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sharon Stone, Keira Knightley, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry and Uma Thurman.
His commercial clients range from Kohl's to Saks Fifth Avenue and Maybelline to Clarins.
He is represented by Walter Schupfer Management in New York City.
While at French Elle he met his first wife Pascha, with whom he has one child. In 1985 he met his second wife, Australian model Elle Macpherson; they divorced in 1989.
Kelly Killoren, who is on the reality show The Real Housewives of New York City, was the third wife of Gilles Bensimon. They have two daughters: Sea Louise Bensimon (born 1998) and Thaddeus Ann "Teddy" Bensimon (born 2000). The couple divorced in July 2007.
Since that time, Bensimon has been linked to several fashion models and recently art historian Diana Widmaier-Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso.