Hergo
Henri "Hergo" Godineau (20 July 1951 – 28 January 2020) was a French photographer who began his career in the 1970s. He lived and worked in Paris, France.
Hergo
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- Name
- Hergo
- Birth Name
- Henri Godineau
- Born
- 20 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Cholet, France
- Died
- 28 January 2020
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Full name
- Henri Raymond François Claude Godineau.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Henri "Hergo" Godineau (20 July 1951 – 28 January 2020) was a French photographer who began his career in the 1970s. He lived and worked in Paris, France.
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Key facts
• Name — Hergo • Birth Name — Henri Godineau • Born — 20 July 1951 • Birthplace — Cholet, France • Died — 28 January 2020 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Photographer
Biography
Biography
In 1978, he began working on the photo album Two children on the way, which highlighted the first 20 years of the newspaper Libération. Many of Hergo's photo albums dealt with youth, love, death, gender, cinema, art, and intimacy. In 1995, he became a resident of the International City of the Arts, which allowed him to visit artist studios much more frequently. Hergo held a large amount of photographic expositions throughout his career. He died on 28 January 2020.
Identity
Identity
Hergo is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as a citizen of France. Recorded at birth as Henri Raymond François Claude Godineau.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1951
Hergo was born on 20 July 1951.
2020
Hergo died at 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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Cholet.
Birth place
11th arrondissement of Paris.
Death place
Publications and collections
• Mille Publishing Postcards (1983) • First deposit of works at the BNF (1983) • Air France / City of Paris Price (1984) • Japanese magazine portfolio (1985) • Portfolio Photographies magazine (1985) • Portfolio éditions Autrement (1986) • Poster Flammarion 4 (1987) • Vis-à-Vis International Portfolio (1988) • Vis-à-Vis international Photo (1990) • Catalog of the exhibition "Screens / Icons of Le Blanc (Indre) at the contemporary art space Art Brenne" (1991) • Acquisition par le conseil général du Pas-de-Calais de la série «Ciné Spectator» (1994) • Acquisition by the Pas-de-Calais General Council of the “Ciné Spectator” series (1994) • Contrejour Portfolio (1995) • Commissions and illustrations for the newspaper Liberation (1985–1997) • Vis-à-Vis International Portfolio (1998) • Acquisition of portraits of artists by the BNF (2004) • Important donation of silver prints to the National Library of France (2012) • Donation of 65 photographs from the “Artists” series to the Kandinsky Library (2014) • Donation of 24 photographs from the “Mythos” series and 12 photographs from the “Alterations” series (2014)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q16267928: Hergo
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- “Hergo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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