Author Jean-Claude Gautrand

In the 1960s, everything ground to a halt. In France, photography went into a sudden decline and, for many photographers, these were the wilderness years. Publications and exhibitions were increasingly…

For Doisneau, 1947 was a landmark year. First of all, there was the birth of his second daughter, Francine. It was also the year in which he received the Prix…

Alas military service nipped this promising debut in the bud. By the time it was over in 1934, Vigneau had succumbed to the economic crisis affiicting the entire nation and…

It was in the street, in the famous "school of hard knocks," that this most popular of French photographers learned his poetry; his tenderness and humor and the compassionate gaze…