Jean-Pierre Sudre (; September 27, 1921 – September 6, 1997) was a commercial photographer.

Biography

Sudre was born in Paris but later moved to the south of France. There he devoted his life to workshops of fine art photography.

Photography

Sudre's subject-matter was mainly the still-life and figure. He is best known for his experimentation with chemicals, and is credited with the creation of Mordançage (tr. 'etching', ' scouring'), though he built the process on the film reversal technique first documented in 1897 by Paul Liesegang and known as etch-bleach, bleach-etch, gelatin relief, or reverse relief.

Recognition

On its foundation in 1952, Sudre was invited to become the honorary president of Les 30 x 40, Club Photographique de Paris in 1957 Sudre was awarded the

Lion d'Or The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...

at the first Biennale Internationale de la Photographie at Venice, Italy. In 1970, at the invitation of writer Michel Tournier, Sudre participated in the first Rencontres d'Arles as a guest of honour, and was included in first public evening meeting of three important 'Photographers of the Moment', with Brihat Denis and Jean-Philippe Charbonnier. Many photographers from all over France came to this event.Lucia Scharpf ''Rencontres d'Arles 2005 Rapport de stage'' Lorette Chaix Jean-Pierre Lanfrey Université Paul Cézanne IUP d'Arles Licence Administration des Institutions Culturelles He died in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

, aged 75, after a prolonged illness.

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* French photographers 1921 births 1997 deaths {{Europe-artist-stub