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Guy Le Querrec
Guy Le Querrec (born 1941 in Paris, France) is a French photographer and filmmaker, noted for his documentary images of jazz musicians. He is a member of Magnum Photos. Career Le Querrec took his first photographs as a teenager using a basic Fex/Indo Ultra-Fex, buying second hand soon after another and more sophisticated bakelite 6 x 9 cm Photax viewfinder camera, in 1955. He shot his first pictures of jazz musicians in London in the late 1950s. After having served in the army, he became a professional in 1967, and then worked as a picture editor and photographer for '' Jeune Afrique'' magazine, working in francophone Africa, including Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Central African Republic. In 1971 he gave his archives to Agence Vu, founded by Pierre de Fenoyl and then co-founded Viva (photo agency), with Martine Franck, Hervé Gloaguen, and others. In 1976, he joined Magnum Photos. In the late 1970s he began directing films, working with Robert Bober. In 1983 at the Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Le Querrec (4470516666)
Guy Le Querrec (born 1941 in Paris, France) is a French photographer and filmmaker, noted for his documentary images of jazz musicians. He is a member of Magnum Photos. Career Le Querrec took his first photographs as a teenager using a basic Fex/Indo Ultra-Fex, buying second hand soon after another and more sophisticated bakelite 6 x 9 cm Photax viewfinder camera, in 1955. He shot his first pictures of jazz musicians in London in the late 1950s. After having served in the army, he became a professional in 1967, and then worked as a picture editor and photographer for ''Jeune Afrique'' magazine, working in francophone Africa, including Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Central African Republic. In 1971 he gave his archives to Agence Vu, founded by Pierre de Fenoyl and then co-founded Viva (photo agency), with Martine Franck, Hervé Gloaguen, and others. In 1976, he joined Magnum Photos. In the late 1970s he began directing films, working with Robert Bober. In 1983 at the Rencontres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |