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 | |
|---|---|
 Autoportrait de Janine Niépce | |
| Born | February 12, 1921 Meudon, France |
| Died | August 5, 2007 (aged 86) Paris, France. |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse |
Claude Jaeger (m. 1946) |
| Website | www |
Biography edit
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]
Publications edit
Janine Niépce has published at least 20 books of photographs, the most recent ones are:
- Niépce Duras (Éditions Actes Sud, 1992)
- Les années femmes (Éditions de la Martinière, 1993)
- Mes années campagne (Éditions de la Martinière, 1994)
- Images d’une vie (Éditions de la Martinière, 1995)
- Les vendanges (Éditions Hoëbeke, 2000)
- Françaises, Français, le goût de vivre (Éditions Imprimerie Nationale Actes Sud, 2005)
Exhibitions edit
- 2003 Debelleyme Gallery, exhibition sale of signed prints
- 2004 Sale at the exhibition gallery Artcurial during the Mois de la Photo
- 2006 Exhibition, "Douce France" at the Museum of Auxerre.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Janine Niépce 1921-2007". Janine Niépce. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Death of photographer Janine Niépce". Maison Nicéphore Niépce. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Robin Lenman, "Rapho"; in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph, ed. Robin Lenman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005; ISBN 0-19-866271-8).
Further reading edit
- Rosenblum, Naomi (2014). A history of women photographers. Abbeville.
- Niepce, Janine (1967). Janice Niepce. Lausanne : Editions Clairefontaine.
External links edit
- images by Janine Niépce on LiveJournal.