Roger Schall: A pioneer.
Beak in the air| N° d'inventaire | 31677 |
| Format | 23.5 x 29 |
| Détails | 208 p., numerous black and white photographs, publisher's cloth binding. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367441955 |
Roger Schall (1904-1995) was one of the most active photographers of the interwar period in France. In the early 1930s, in Montmartre, he and his brother Raymond founded a studio that would become the Schall frères studio and act as a veritable press agency, distributing photographs to magazines around the world. He roamed Paris day and night, photographing Colette, Gabrielle Chanel, Henri Matisse, and Marlene Dietrich, as well as Blaise Cendrars, with whom he shared a cabin during the inaugural voyage of the ocean liner Normandie. He was the first to photograph the model Assia Granatouroff, who became the symbol of artistic nude photography during the interwar period.
His images contributed significantly to the rise of the illustrated press. A pioneer in more ways than one, he produced nearly 80,000 photographs and countless front pages for the major magazines of the time, such as SEEN , Vogue Or Life , he did not, however, enjoy the same recognition as many of his contemporaries, although his images were shown in numerous group exhibitions, from the Centre Pompidou to Visa pour l'image.
Roger Schall (1904-1995) was one of the most active photographers of the interwar period in France. In the early 1930s, in Montmartre, he and his brother Raymond founded a studio that would become the Schall frères studio and act as a veritable press agency, distributing photographs to magazines around the world. He roamed Paris day and night, photographing Colette, Gabrielle Chanel, Henri Matisse, and Marlene Dietrich, as well as Blaise Cendrars, with whom he shared a cabin during the inaugural voyage of the ocean liner Normandie. He was the first to photograph the model Assia Granatouroff, who became the symbol of artistic nude photography during the interwar period.
His images contributed significantly to the rise of the illustrated press. A pioneer in more ways than one, he produced nearly 80,000 photographs and countless front pages for the major magazines of the time, such as SEEN , Vogue Or Life , he did not, however, enjoy the same recognition as many of his contemporaries, although his images were shown in numerous group exhibitions, from the Centre Pompidou to Visa pour l'image.