Gisèle Freund

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Born in Berlin in 1908, Gisèle Freund was one of Europe’s most prominent photographers and a pillar among French feminist intellectuals after fleeing Nazi Germany and settling in Paris in the 1930’s, where she pursued her doctoral studies at the Sorbonne. Her thesis on photography in France in the 19th century was met with scepticism, because photography was not considered a serious study then. In the course of her long career, she went on about 80 photographic assignments around the world, mainly for Time and Life. As the only female founding member of Magnum, she earned her living as a photojournalist. Today however, she is noted for being one of the greatest portrait photographers ever. “She was able, better than anyone, to reveal the essence of beings through their expressions,” said Ex-President Jacques Chirac. She captured André Malraux on a Paris rooftop, Aldous Huxley and André Gide at a congress for the defence of culture; Walter Benjamin sitting on a bench in the Bibliotheque Nationale; Vladimir Nabokov, Henri Michaux and Jean Paulhan in the editorial offices of the magazine Mesures and James Joyce playing the piano for his son. She shot the first colour portraits of Simone de Beauvoir, Paul Valéry, Colette, André Breton, Virginia Woolf, and numerous writers and artists that will remain unforgettable in our memory. [(Source: gisele-freund.com)][1] [1]: http://www.gisele-freund.com/biography/

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Fotografía Como Documento Social
Representative edition published 2017
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Frida Kahlo
Representative edition published 2014
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Carnets de Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 2013
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La photographie en France au XIXe siècle
Representative edition published 2011
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Fotograf ve Toplum
Representative edition published 2006
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Frida Kahlo
Representative edition published 2003
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Photographs
Representative edition published 1998
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Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 1996
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Gisèle Freund, die Frau mit der Kamera
Representative edition published 1992
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Catalogue de l'œuvre photographique Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 1991
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Gisèle Freund, photographer
Representative edition published 1985
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Three Days with Joyce
Representative edition published 1985
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Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 1985
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Photographie et société
Representative edition published 1979
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Mémoires de l'œil
Representative edition published 1977
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The world in my camera
Representative edition published 1974
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Photographie et société
Representative edition published 1974
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James Joyce in Paris
Representative edition published 1965
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Gisèle Freund, l'œil frontière
Representative edition published 2011
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In Memoriam Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 2001
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Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 1998
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Gisele Freund
Representative edition published 1998
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Malraux sous le regard de Gisèle Freund
Representative edition published 1996
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Gisèle Freund, itinerarios
Representative edition published 1994
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