According Releasewho has regularly enjoyed working with this photographer, Olivier Metzger “was driving to an artist he liked a lot for a shoot” the morning of the accident. The daily, which pays him a beautiful tribute, remembers that in 2017 and 2018, the newspaper had integrated him, – him and his assistant and companion, Rosanna Tardif – to the team which covers the Cannes Film Festival, thus capturing, despite the effervescence of Cannes, the beauty and grandeur of the artists present for the fortnight.
A faithful companion of the Rencontres d’Arles since he exhibited there in 2012, he led photography courses there and took part in the festival’s educational activities. “His high standards, his generous kindness, his subtle and deep gaze will be missed.”we read on the Instagram account of the demonstration.