Le Corsaire Archives | Rudolf Nureyev Foundation

The Foundation owns the copyright in a collection of photographs of Rudolf Nureyev, by Francette Levieux, taken in Paris during the late 1960s and 1970s at the height of Nureyev’s career. The collection includes studio portrait sessions, rehearsals and performances.

Images from this collection are available to license for a full range of editorial, exhibition, commercial, academic and personal uses. Licences and fees are tailored to each project, depending on the proposed use of the image and the rights required. Please read our image licensing terms and conditions here.

Images will be provided as high-resolution JPG files with captions and credits embedded as metadata. On receipt of a signed licence and fee (if applicable), you will receive an email with a link to download the image(s).

To license images, please browse the collection and either complete the permission request form for your chosen image(s) here or email licensing@nureyev.org