Janine Niépce

Janine Niépce was born February 12, 1921 in Meudon, France. She is a distant relative of Nicéphore Niépce, the pioneer of photography.[1]

In 1944, she graduated from the Sorbonne.[1] She was a liaison officer involved with the liberation of Paris after World War II. In 1946 she became a professional photographer.[2] She and the Swiss-French Sabine Weiss, a near contemporary, worked as the only women photojournalists at Rapho amongst Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, Denis Brihat, Jean Dieuzaide,[3] Bill Brandt, Ken Heyman, Izis, André Kertész, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Willy Ronis, Emile Savitry, Fouad Elkoury. She was influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson.[2]

In the 1970s, her work focused particularly on the women's liberation movement.[1]

In 1981 Niépce was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 1985 she became a Knight of the Legion d'Honor.[1]

She died August 5, 2007.[2]

Janine Niépce has published at least 20 books of photographs, the most recent ones are:

• Niépce Duras (Éditions Actes Sud, 1992)
• Les années femmes (Éditions de la Martinière, 1993)
• Mes années campagne (Éditions de la Martinière, 1994)
• Images d’une vie (Éditions de la Martinière, 1995)
• Les vendanges (Éditions Hoëbeke, 2000)
• Françaises, Français, le goût de vivre (Éditions Imprimerie Nationale Actes Sud, 2005)

• 2003 Debelleyme Gallery, exhibition sale of signed prints
• 2004 Sale at the exhibition gallery Artcurial during the Mois de la Photo
• 2006 Exhibition, "Douce France" at the Museum of Auxerre.

• Rosenblum, Naomi (2014). A history of women photographers. Abbeville.
• Niepce, Janine (1967). Janice Niepce. Lausanne : Editions Clairefontaine.

• images by Janine Niépce on LiveJournal.