Find out more about the greatest French Photographers, including Jacques Cousteau, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Paul Goude, Nicéphore Niépce and Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Henri Cartier-Bresson22 August 1908
Photographer and Painter
Nicéphore Niépce07 March 1765
Creator of World's First Permanent Photographic
Brassaï09 September 1899
Photographer
Auguste Lumière19 October 1862
Inventor of cinematograph
Hiam Abbass30 November 1960
Actor, Film director, Photographer, Screenwriter,
Jean Baudrillard27 July 1929
Philosopher, photographer,Sociologist, Professor
Dora Maar22 November 1907
Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet,
Pierre Woodman29 April 1963
Adult Film Star, Film producer, Film director,
Yves Klein28 April 1928
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer
Hedi Slimane05 July 1968
Grand couturier, Photographer, Designer
Gilles Bensimon29 February 1944
photographer
Jean-Paul Goude
Chris Marker29 July 1921
Film producer, Film critic, Film director,
Matthieu Ricard15 February 1946
Molecular biologist, Photographer, Bhikkhu,
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Sophie Calle09 October 1953
Photographer, Visual artist, Writer, Choreographer
Emmanuelle Riva24 February 1927
Actor, Photographer, Poet
Nadar06 April 1820
Photographer
Robert Doisneau14 April 1912
Photographer
Claude Cahun25 October 1894
Artist, Photographer, Writer
Patrick Demarchelier21 August 1943
Photographer
Elliott Erwitt26 July 1928
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Eugène Atget12 February 1857
Photographer, Artist
Hans Bellmer13 March 1902
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Engraver
Yann Arthus-Bertrand13 March 1946
Painter, Photographer, Film director, Journalist,
François Gautier26 July 1959
Journalist, Photographer, Writer
Christian Boltanski06 September 1944
Painter, Visual artist, Photographer, Sculptor
Guy Bourdin02 December 1928
Photographer
Stéphane Sednaoui27 February 1963
Photographer, Photojournalist
Jean-Daniel Cadinot10 February 1944
Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter,
Duchenne de Boulogne17 September 1806
Photographer, Neurologist, Physician
Andreas Feininger27 December 1906
Photographer, Writer, Architect
Charles-Émile Reynaud08 December 1844
Draughtsperson, Photographer, Film director,
Étienne-Jules Marey