Jean-Pierre Leloir

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Jean-Pierre Leloir (born June 27, 1931 in Paris, † December 20, 2010 in Paris ) was a French photographer who primarily documented the music and theater sectors since the 1950s.

Leloir was given a camera immediately after the liberation of Paris. As a music fan, he decided against training in 1949. He created portraits of numerous artists, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, but also took photos at concerts and rehearsals. Since 1951 he has worked for magazines such as Jazz Hot , Jazz Magazine or Rock & Folk , but also for daily newspapers and weekly magazines as well as various record labels. Photos of him illustrate more than 1000 sound carriers. In 1969 he managed to unite Jacques Brel , Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré for a photo session. In the last years of his career he published several illustrated books with his photos. A few months before his death, in January 2010, he was honored with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres . Posthumously, 100 jazz albums with cover photos of him were reissued in a limited edition in the Leloir Project .

Fonts

  • Jazz me blues: Interviews et portraits de musiciens de jazz et de blues with François Postif (text). Outre mesure, 1999 (2nd edition), 448 pp., ISBN = 978-2-9078-9116-5 (awarded the Prix ​​Charles Delaunay )
  • Brel, Brassens, Ferré: Trois hommes dans un salon , with François-René Cristiani (text). Fayard, 2003, ISBN = 978-2-7028-5943-8
  • Brel par Leloir , with Gilles Verlant (text). Êditions Fetjaine / La Martinière, 2008, ISBN = 978-2-3542-5100-0
  • Johnny sixties , with Gilles Verlant (text). Êditions Fetjaine / La Martinière, 2009, 128 p., ISBN = 978-2-3542-5135-2
  • Instants de grâce , with cavanna (text). Êditions Fetjaine / La Martinière, 2010, 112 p., ISBN = 978-2-3542-5197-0
  • Portraits Jazz , with Stéphane Koechlin (text). Êditions Fetjaine / La Martinière, 2010, 124 p., SBN = 978-2-3542-5198-7
  • Portraits de la chanson française , with Gilles Verlant (text). Êditions Fetjaine 2012, 288 pages, ISBN = 978-2354252748
  • Jazzick with Michel Leeb (text). Coédition Chêne, 2016, ISBN = 978-2-8512-0867-5

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Décès du photographe Jean-Pierre Leloir Le Monde , December 21, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Leloir, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French music and theater photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 2010
Place of death Paris