Photographer Sieff Dies

By Serena Kappes

10/29/1997 at 12:00 AM EST

French photographer Jean-Louis Sieff, 66, who became famous for his moody black and white fashion shots in the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Paris-Match, has died in his native Paris, reports the Associated Press. A graduate of Paris' National Photo-Cinema School, Sieff (whose parents were Polish immigrants) quickly rose to fame for his sensual portraits of nudes. The cause of death was not reported.