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John French (photographer)
English photographer
(Leonard) John French (1 March 1907 – 21 July 1966) was an English fashion and portrait photographer.
Born in Edmonton, London, French originally trained and worked as a commercial artist, becoming a photographic director in an advertising studio just before World War II, during which he served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards.[1]
In 1948 he set up his own photographic studio. Working originally with the Daily Express he pioneered a new form of fashion photography suited to reproduction in newsprint, involving where possible reflected natural light and low contrast. He also undertook portrait photography. French himself devoted much attention to the set and posing of his models, but left the actual triggering of the shutter to assistants, amongst whom were Terence Donovan and David Bailey.[2][3]
In 1942 he married Vere Denning (1910–91), a fashion journalist, who gave his photographic archive to the Victoria and Albert Museum. French died of lymphoma in the Royal Marsden Hospital.[1]
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[edit]"Fashion photography". V&A Images. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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John French
Born: Edmonton, England, 1907
Died: London, England, 1966
John Leonard French was born in March 1907 in Edmonton, London.
He studied painting at Georges Braque in Paris before moving back to London in 1937 where he started working as a commercial artist in an advertising studio as photographic editor.
During the Second World War he served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards.
In 1948 he set up his own photographic studio where he worked on a new form of fashion photography suited to reproduction in newsprint, and also undertook portrait photography.
French worked with many famous top models from the “Swingin Sixties”.
He enjoyed working on the sets and backgrounds, and posing the model but left the trigger of the shutter to his assistants – Terence Donovan & David Bailey.
In 1942 he married the fashion journalist Vere Denning.
When he died of Lymphoma in the Royal Marsden Hospital in 1966, she gave his archive to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
John French Biography
Written by Marine Lazarus
Marine Lazarus, an Anglo-French photographer who moved to UK 3 years ago to study journalism at Brunel University in London. Marine is responsible for our Photographers Biographies section.