Overview
- The Associated Press identified the teen as Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux after an in-person interview at his home in Rambouillet.
- AP photographer Thibault Camus captured the image outside a shuttered Louvre entrance hours after a daylight crown jewels raid on October 19.
- Delvaux says he was at the museum with his mother and grandfather and learned of his sudden fame only days later.
- The photo drew millions of views as social media users speculated he was a detective, an inside figure, or even AI-generated.
- He describes his fedora-and-three-piece-suit wardrobe as a regular, 1940s-inspired style, has made his Instagram public, and says he is open to film or PR opportunities.