Timeline

1912

Born in Gentilly in the Val-de-Marne, France

1926 - 1929

Studied engraving at the École Estienne in Chantilly

1945

Met Pierre Betz, and began a series of reportage for the magazine Le Point; met Blaise Cendrars and Henri Cartier-Bresson

1956

Received the Prix Niépce

1975

Invited to participate in the Rencontres d’Arles

1981

Participated in a film by F. Moscowitz, Trois jours, trois photographes with Jean-Loup Sieff and Bruno Barbey

1985

Worked on the film Poète et piéton by Francois Porcile

1986

Participated in the Atget colloquium at the Collège de France

First video film for French television Antenne 2; received the Prix Balzak

1992

Appeared in the film Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau, directed by Sabine Azéma in celebration of his 80th birthday

1994

Died in the Paris suburb of Montrouge