Françoise Nuñez (1957 – 23 December 2021) was a French photographer.

Biography

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

in 1957, Nuñez came from a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

family, Núñez. She began her career as a photographer in 1975 after learning black-and-white printing in the studio of

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. Dieuzaide introduced her to

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, who she married in 1986 and had two children with, Joaquim and Manuela. For her work, she regularly traveled to India, Ethiopia, South America, and Japan. She utilized the Galerie Camera Obscura in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. Nuñez died in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

on 23 December 2021, at the age of 64.

Publications

*''Ports'' (1994) *''L’Inde jour et nuit'' (2004) *''Mu-jô, Une invitation à Nara'' (2010) *''Nous avons fait un très beau voyage'' (2010) *''Ensemble'' (2010) *''À Valaparaiso'' (2012) *''Kalari'' (2015) *''De Djibouti à Addis, 1980'' (2018)

Exhibitions

*"Flamenco" at the Galerie Le Lac Gelé (

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

, 2013) *"Caravanes" at Atelier du Midi (

Arles Arles ( , , ; ; Classical ) is a coastal city and Communes of France, commune in the South of France, a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Reg ...

, 2013) *"Voyage(s)" at (

, 2015) *"Juntos" at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, 2015) *"Étonnantes affinités" at the Couvent des Jacobins (Toulouse, 2015) *"Voyages extraordinaires" at the Festival du Regard (

Cergy Cergy () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, to the northwest of Paris. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commun ...

, 2020) *"Modus Vivendi" at the Librairie et galerie Ombres Blanches (Toulouse, 2021) *"Éthiopie (1980-2012)" at

Flaran Abbey Flaran Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located near Valence-sur-Baïse, in the ''département'' of Gers, France. The abbey was founded in 1151, as a daughter house of Escaladieu Abbey, at the confluence of the Auloue and Baïse rivers, bet ...

(

Valence-sur-Baïse Valence-sur-Baïse (; Gascon: ''Valença de Baïsa'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department * Flaran Abbey * Baïse The Baïse (; ) is a long riv ...

, 2021) *Valparaiso" at the Galerie Territoires Partagés (

, 2021)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuñez, Françoise 1957 births 2021 deaths French women photographers French people of Spanish descent Artists from Toulouse