Do you want to be a star? At Sofitel The Palm, Studio Harcourt Paris is inviting you to its Ephemeral Studio

 Sofitel the Palm welcomes you for a very unique and exclusive experience with Studio Harcourt, the most famous photographic studio in Paris.

Iconic Home of the refined Parisian high society, Studio Harcourt was founded in 1934 by Cosette Harcourt. Since that time, it is known for immortalizing international personalities from the arts, sports, economics or politics but also anonymous seeking for elegance.

Mrs Catherine Renard, CEO of the famous studio said: “Our first stay in Dubai was in 2011. At that time, we had opportunity to picture Nayla al Khaja, UAE filmmaker who won the "Emirates Women of the Year Award" in 2005". She added: “A few years later, after receiving many Emiratis in our studio in Paris, the Alliance Française asked us to have an exhibition in the Dubai Film Festival context. Catherine Deneuve’s new portrait was revealed on that occasion. Today our portraits decorate the Sofitel The Palm library and we are pleased to invite you to live the Studio Harcourt experience and get your portrait signed  by "Harcourt Paris".”

A Studio Harcourt portrait is a unique artwork. Its light, signature and seal guarantee its inherited know-how from the greatest movie directors.

Kevin Spacey, Bhavna Pani, Halle Berry, Keanu Reeves, Susan Sarandon, John Malkovich, Omar Sharif, Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Cate Blanchett, Amitabh Bachchran, are all part of the Studio Harcourt legend. 

Become a star through a two-hour ritual:

• A Studio Harcourt manager welcomes you to discover the history of the House. 
• Then, Studio Harcourt will offer you a special makeup session by a professional make-up artist.
• Guided in your attitudes and expressions, you pose as you would do with a painter. Light is sculpted around you, according to the Studio know-how. 
• One or two days following the session, you are invited to come back to Sofitel The Palm, to discover your pictures and choose THE picture you want as your Studio Harcourt portrait.

The picture is send to the laboratory to be retouched according to Studio Harcourt quality standards. The portrait, signed “Harcourt Paris”, is printed on art paper (size 24x30 cm) and sent about a month after the selection.