Édouard Boubat(French:[buba];13 September 1923 – 30 June 1999) was a Frenchphotojournalistand art photographer.
Édouard Boubat | |
|---|---|
 Boubat in 1943 | |
| Born | 13 September 1923 |
| Died | 30 June 1999(aged 75) |
| Spouses | Lella
(m.1947;div.1952)Sophie (m.1954) |
| Children | Bernard Boubat |
| Website | www |
Life and work
editBoubat was born inMontmartre,Paris. He studiedtypographyandgraphic artsat theÉcole Estienneand worked for a printing company before becoming a photographer. In 1943, he was subjected toservice du travail obligatoire,forced labourof French people inNazi Germany,and witnessed some of the horrors ofWorld War II.He took his first photograph after the war in 1946 and was awarded the Kodak Prize the following year. He travelled internationally for the French magazineRéalités,where his colleague wasJean-Philippe Charbonnier,and later worked as a freelance photographer. French poetJacques Prévertcalled him a "peace correspondent" as he washumanist,apolitical and photographed uplifting subjects. His son Bernard Boubat is also a photographer.[1][2][3]
Notable awards
edit- 1947 –KodakPrize[4]
- 1971 –David Octavius Hill Medal[5]
- 1984 –Grand Prix National de la Photographie[4]
- 1988 –Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography[6]
Gallery
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Lella1947. -
Remi1995.
Exhibitions
editSolo
edit- 2 November – 23 December 2006:Les photographes de Réalités: Édouard Boubat, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Jean-Louis Swiners.Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris, France
- 15 August – 1 October 2006:French masters: Edouard Boubat and Jean-Philippe Charbonnier.Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
- 1983 Ambassade de France, New York (USA)
- 1982 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Witkin Gallery, New York (USA)
- 1980 Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
- Lausanne Switzerland
- 1979 Fondation Nationale de la Photographie. Lyon, France.
- 1978 Musée d'Art Moderne Carilo, Mexico
- Musée N. Niépce, France
- Chalon s/Saône, France
- Photographers' Gallery,London, UK
- 1976 Witkin Gallery, New York (USA) and travelling.
- 1975Galerie du Château d'Eau,Toulouse, France
- 1973Bibliothèque Nationale,Paris, France
- 1971India,Galerie Rencontre, Paris
- 1967Moderna Museet,Stockholm, Sweden
- 22 November – 31 December 1954,Édouard Boubat,Limelight Gallery,New York, USA[7]
Group
edit- 1951 Galerie La Hune, Paris, France
- 1949 Salon, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Publications
edit- Edouard Boubat: Pauses(Bookking International, 1988).ISBN978-2877140249.
- Édouard Boubat(Centre national de la photographie,1988).ISBN978-2867540431.
- Photographies 1950–1987.(Éditions du Désastre, 1988).ISBN978-2877700016.
- It's a Wonderful Life(Editions Assouline, 1997).ISBN978-2843230127.
- Édouard Boubat: The Monograph.(Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,2004).ISBN978-0810956100.
- Édouard Boubat: A Gentle Eye(Thames & Hudson,2004).ISBN978-0500512012.
References
edit- ^Riding, Alan (9 July 1999)."Edouard Boubat, Photographer With Poetic Eye for Children, 75".The New York Times.Retrieved5 February2014.
- ^Williams, Val (17 July 1999)."Obituary: Edouard Boubat".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 7 May 2022.Retrieved6 February2014.
- ^Muir, Robin (21 August 1999)."Shots from the heart".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 7 May 2022.Retrieved6 February2014.
- ^ab"Edouard Boubat".World Health Organization. Archived fromthe originalon 11 June 2009.Retrieved5 September2020.
- ^"Träger der David-Octavius-Hill-Medaille".Deutsche Fotografische Akademie. Archived fromthe originalon 24 June 2013.Retrieved6 February2014.
- ^"1988 Hasselblad Award Winner".Hasselblad Foundation.Retrieved6 February2014.
- ^Gee, Helen (1997),Limelight: a Greenwich Village photography gallery and coffeehouse in the fifties: a memoir(1st ed.), University of New Mexico Press,ISBN978-0-8263-1817-6
Further reading
edit- "Entre Vues: Frank Horvat – Edouard Boubat (interview)".Frank Horvat Photography. July 1986. Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2012.
External links
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