Adolphe Sylvain
Adolphe Sylvain (1920–1991) was a French-Tahitian photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of Tahiti and Tahitian models.
Adolphe Sylvain
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- Adolphe Sylvain
- Born
- 1920
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 1991
- Occupation
- Photographer, and photojournalist
- Spouse
- Jeanine Tehani Vidal
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Adolphe Sylvain (1920–1991) was a French-Tahitian photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of Tahiti and Tahitian models.
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Adolphe Sylvain (1920–1991) was a French film director and photographer. The film director was born in Paris. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Adolphe Sylvain • Born — 1920 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 1991 • Occupation — Photographer, and photojournalist • Spouse — Jeanine Tehani Vidal • Children — Moea, Vaea, Hina, Teva, Maima
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Adolphe Sylvain (whose birth name is Adolphe) is one of Tahiti’s leading photojournalists. With a degree in civil engineering, Sylvain discovered Tahiti at the age of twenty-six. There, he established Radio Tahiti, followed by a photography shop. In 1969, he and his family produced a TV series titled Téva: Operation Gauguin, with his son, Téva, playing the lead role. This television series, broadcast in 1970 on a mainland channel, helped launch color television. Around the same time, the destruction of his photographic archives in a fire caused him to step away from this type of work for a while.
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1920
Adolphe Sylvain was born on 1 January 1920.
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Adolphe Sylvain died on 1 January 1991.
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