Pierre Boucher
Pierre Boucher (born February 29, 1908 in Paris , France , † November 27, 2000 in Faremoutiers , France) was a French photographer .
life and work
Pierre Boucher was born in Paris in 1908 , where he attended the Drawing and Applied Arts School ( École des Arts Appliquées ) from 1921 to 1925 . He then completed an internship at Draeger. In 1926/27 he worked in the advertising department of the Printemps department store . When he was serving in the military aviation in Morocco at the age of 21 , he learned the art of photography. He completed an internship at Deberny & Peignot in 1932, made the acquaintance of Maximilian Vox , Herbert Matter , Maurice Tabard , Roger Barry , Maurice Cloche and René Zuber , in whose studio he entered. From 1932 he published photo graphs in Arts et Métiers Graphiques Photographie . On the mediation of its editor-in-chief André Lejard , he made the acquaintance of Maria Eisner . In 1934 he co-founded the Alliance Photo agency (with Eisner, Zuber, Emeric Feher , Denise Bellon ) . In addition to reports, he dealt with all forms of experimental photographic art. Trained in constructivism and surrealism , he used all available techniques from photomontage to solarization for a wide range of subjects . In 1933 he took part in the I. Salon International du Nu Photographique , initiated by Daniel Masclet, and in 1935 in the exhibition Affiches, Photos in the Billet-Vorms gallery. In 1940 he withdrew to the free zone of France; In 1945 he was a member of the Agence de Diffusion et d'Edition Photographiques (ADEP). From 1948 to 1953 he worked for the public relations work of the Marshall Plan . In 1952 he founded the advertising agency Muktiphoto . From 1961 he made extensive trips; In 1972 he withdrew from photography.
Boucher made a name for himself above all as a photojournalist and advertising photographer.
Solo exhibitions
- 2011: Un photographe de Matisse: Pierre Boucher , Musée Matisse, Nice
- 2003: Pierre Boucher (1908-2000) , Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers
Lexical entry
- Hans-Michael Koetzle: Photographers AZ . Taschen Germany, 2015 ISBN 978-3-8365-5433-6
Web links
- Biography of Pierre Boucher (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Pierre Boucher
- ^ Pierre Boucher in Camera, Volume 26, International Federation of Photographic Art, CJ Bucher, 1947, p. 21
- ↑ Pierre Boucher on artfact
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boucher, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 2000 |
| Place of death | Faremoutiers |