Édouard Boubat (; 13 September 1923 – 30 June 1999) was a French
photojournalist
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and art photographer.
Life and work
Boubat was born in
Montmartre
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, Paris. He studied
typography
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and
graphic arts
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service du travail obligatoire
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The STO was ...
,
forced labour
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of French people in
Nazi Germany
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, and witnessed some of the horrors of
World War II
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humanist
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, apolitical and photographed uplifting subjects. His son Bernard Boubat is also a photographer.
Notable awards
*1947 –
Kodak
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Bibliothèque Nationale
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, Paris, France
* 1971 ''India'', Galerie Rencontre, Paris
* 1967
Moderna Museet
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History
The museum opened in Stockh ...
, Stockholm, Sweden
* 22 November – 31 December 1954, ''Édouard Boubat'', Limelight Gallery, New York, USA
Group
* 1951 Galerie La Hune, Paris, France
* 1949 Salon, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Thames & Hudson
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