Jean-Pierre Sudre
Illustration — Jean-Pierre Sudre in his Southern France house, in 1975; the second person right to him (from viewer) is photographer Georges Tourdjman. Jean-Pierre Sudre (lang; September 27, 1921 – September 6, 1997) was a commercial photographer.
Jean-Pierre Sudre
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- Full name
- Jean Pierre Samuel Sudre.
- Born
- 1921. · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1997. · Aix-en-Provence.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Honours
- Officer of Arts and Letters.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Jean-Pierre Sudre in his Southern France house, in 1975; the second person right to him (from viewer) is photographer Georges Tourdjman. Jean-Pierre Sudre (lang; September 27, 1921 – September 6, 1997) was a commercial photographer.
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Jean-Pierre Sudre (1921–1997) was a French photographer. Born Jean Pierre Samuel Sudre in 14th arrondissement of Paris, the photographer died in Aix-en-Provence. Jean-Pierre Sudre was a member of Les 30 x 40.
Languages used include French. Works by the photographer are held at Harry Ransom Center and Minneapolis Institute of Art. Jean-Pierre Sudre received Officer of Arts and Letters.
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Sudre was born in Paris but later moved to the south of France. There he devoted his life to workshops of fine art photography.
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On its foundation in 1952, Sudre was invited to become the honorary president of Les 30 x 40, Club Photographique de Paris in 1957 Sudre was awarded the Lion d'Or at the first Biennale Internationale de la Photographie at Venice, Italy. In 1970, at the invitation of writer Michel Tournier, Sudre participated in the first Rencontres d'Arles as a guest of honour, and was included in first public evening meeting of three important 'Photographers of the Moment', with Brihat Denis and Jean-Philippe Charbonnier. Many photographers from all over France came to this event. He died in Aix-en-Provence, aged 75, after a prolonged illness.
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1921
Jean-Pierre Sudre born at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
1997
Jean-Pierre Sudre died on 6 September 1997.
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Sudre's subject-matter was mainly the still-life and figure. He is best known for his experimentation with chemicals, and is credited with the creation of Mordançage (tr. 'etching', ' scouring'), though he built the process on the film reversal technique first documented in 1897 by Paul Liesegang and known as etch-bleach, bleach-etch, gelatin relief, or reverse relief.
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- 1.Anderson, Christina Z. (2006). Experimental Photography Workbook. Bozeman: Christina Z. Anderson. pp. 147–150.
- 2.Lucia Scharpf Rencontres d'Arles 2005 Rapport de stage Lorette Chaix Jean-Pierre Lanfrey Université Paul Cézanne IUP d'Arles Licence Administration des Institutions Culturelles
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Jean-Pierre Sudre was recorded at birth as Jean Pierre Samuel Sudre. Sudre received Officer of Arts and Letters.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art and Harry Ransom Center
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