Janine Niépce | |
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Born | Meudon, France | February 12, 1921
Died | August 5, 2007 Paris, France. | (aged 86)
Nationality | French |
Known for | Photography |
Spouse |
Claude Jaeger (
m. 1946) |
Website |
www |
Janine Niépce (February 12, 1921 – August 5, 2007) was a French photographer and journalist. Her career spanned developing films for the French Resistance to covering the women's liberation movement in the 1970s. [1]
Janine Niépce was born February 12, 1921, in Meudon, France. She is a distant relative of Nicéphore Niépce, the pioneer of photography. [1]
In 1944, she graduated from the Sorbonne. [1] She was a liaison officer involved with the liberation of Paris after World War II. In 1946 she became a professional photographer. [2] She and the Swiss-French Sabine Weiss, a near contemporary, worked as the only women photojournalists at Rapho amongst Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, Denis Brihat, Jean Dieuzaide, [3] Bill Brandt, Ken Heyman, Izis, André Kertész, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Willy Ronis, Emile Savitry, Fouad Elkoury. She was influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson. [2]
In the 1970s, her work focused particularly on the women's liberation movement. [1]
In 1981 Niépce was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 1985 she became a Knight of the Legion d'Honor. [1]
She died August 5, 2007. [2]
Janine Niépce has published at least 20 books of photographs, the most recent ones are: