Central Dupon Images is a professional

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company located in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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. The company is the result of a 2012 merger between Central Color and Dupon Images.

History

Central Color was founded in 1952 by the French photographer

Lucien Lorelle Lucien Lorelle (December 29, 1894 – February 26, 1968) was a French portraitist, publicist, humanist photographer, author, painter, a member of Le Groupe des XV and founder of the photography company Central Color. Biography Lucien Lorelle, was b ...

, who handed over the company to his daughter Françoise Gallois, president of the Central Color Group and wife to former

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and politician, Pierre Gallois. Central Color operated in Greenburgh, New York from 1983 to 2001. Central Color (U.S.) was owned and operated by François Gallois grandson of Lucien Lorelle and son of Françoise Gallois.

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* Photographic studios Photography companies of France Companies based in Paris French companies established in 1952 {{France-company-stub