Jean-Louis Dumas always carries with him two things, a small red notebook and an old Leica. He has taken photographs all his life, mostly in black and white, cataloguing momentous moments and trivial asides on his extensive travels with work, family and friends. Dumas is a sophisticated amateur photographer whose professional milieu, as creative director of Hermès for 40 years, and friendships with masters of the medium such as Edouard Boubat, have instilled in his photography an elegant sensibility. This collection brings together a life s work and reflects a love affair with photography. Jean-Louis Dumas, born in 1938, son of one of the four daughters of Emile Hermès, entered the reputed Maison Hermès of rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1964. He started out as a salesman and went on to become the chairman and art director in 1976, before retiring in 2006