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Biography |
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1923 |
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Born on 13th September in Paris. Lives in Monmartre |
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1938 |
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Begins studies at the École Estienne |
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1946 |
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Acquires his first camera, a 6 x 6 Rolleicord. His first photo is La petite fille aux feuilles mortes |
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1949 |
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Shares a prize with Robert Doisneau at the Salon de la Bibliotheque Nationale de France. He meets Brassai, Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson. First photographs published in US Camera |
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1951 |
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Began as staff photographer for Réalité |
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1953 |
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Travels to the United States. Photographs published in the magazines Réalités, Infinity and Camera |
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1968 |
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Began as an independent photographer |
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1970 |
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Joins the Top/Rapho Agency |
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1973 |
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Receives the Octavius Hill Prize. Exhibitions at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris and Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse |
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1988 |
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Awarded the Hasselblad. Foundation Prize |
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1999 |
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Dies on June 30th |
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Exhibitions |
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1999 |
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Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris |
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1999 |
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Hackelbury Galllery London |
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1998 |
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Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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1996 |
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Musée la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium |
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1995 |
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
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1995 |
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Galerie Zabriskie, Paris |
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1990 |
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Musée Carnavalet |
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1989 |
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Vision Gallery, San Francisco |
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1986 |
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Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
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1984 |
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Museo d’Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero |
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1983 |
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Centre Culturel Francais, New York |
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1982 |
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Lausanne, Switzerland |
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1980 |
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Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris |
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1980 |
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Gallery Portfolio Lausanne |
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1980 |
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Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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1979 |
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Fondation Nationale de la Photographie, Lyon |
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1978 |
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico |
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1978 |
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Photographer’s Gallery, London |
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1976 |
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Witkin Gallery, New York |
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1976 |
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Art Institute of Chicago |
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1976 |
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
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1974 |
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Gallerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris |
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1973 |
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Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris |
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1973 |
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Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse |
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1971 |
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l’inde de Edouard Boubat, Galerie Rencontre, Paris |
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1967 |
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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