JEAN-PIERRE SUDRE 1921-1997 - Lot 57

JEAN-PIERRE SUDRE 1921-1997 Still life with pebbles, ca.1960. Photograph. Vintage silver print signed in ink on the back. Slight handling marks. 30.2 x 24 cm Jean-Pierre Sudre was born in Paris in 1921. He studied at the École nationale de la photographie et de la cinématographie and the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. Due to limited opportunities in the film industry, Sudre decided to become a professional photographer. In his youth, his family owned a property surrounded by woods; it was here that he became fascinated by nature. In addition to his commitment to his own work, Sudre was an influential teacher of traditional and experimental photography. He founded the photography department at the Ecole d'Art Graphique in Paris. In 1974, Sudre and his wife Claudine, herself a photographer and printing virtuoso, moved to Lacoste and opened a research center, later called the Association for Professional Training and Research in Photography.