René Robert (photographer)
René Robert | |
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| Born | 4 March 1936 Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Died | 20 January 2022 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Photographer |
René Robert (4 March 1936 – 20 January 2022) was a Swiss photographer who specialized in flamenco.
Life and career
Born in 1936 in Fribourg, Robert discovered photography at the age of 12. He had a three-year apprenticeship in Lausanne before working for a press agency in Geneva.[1] In the mid-1960s, he moved to Paris, where he met a Swedish dancer who introduced him to the flamenco. In 1967, he became one of the great portrait photographers. He photographed personalities such as Paco de Lucía, Israel Galván, and Rocío Molina Cruz in black-and-white.[2]
On the evening of 19 January 2022, Robert was walking through the Place de la République in Paris when he suddenly fell ill and collapsed in the street. Nine hours later, he was discovered by a passerby who called emergency services, but it was too late.[3] Robert died on 20 January 2022, at the age of 85.[4]
Publications
- La rage & la grâce, les flamencos (2001)
- Flamenco attitudes (2003)
Exhibitions
- "Un itinéraire en flamenco" (2015, Carré d'Art, Nîmes)[2]
- Third Biennial of Flamenco Art (2017, Palais de Chaillot, Paris)[5]
- "Chaillot, mémoire de la danse" (2018, Palais de Chaillot, Paris)[6]
- "La caméra au rythme du flamenco" (2019, Espace Cosmopolis, Nantes).[7]
Public collections
References
- ^ Pralong, Michel (25 January 2022). "La triste mort d'un photographe romand en pleine rue à Paris". Le Matin (in French). Paris. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b Morain, Odile (21 January 2015). "Les visages du flamenco dans l'objectif de René Robert". France Info (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Lenoir, Luc (25 January 2022). "Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Paris : René Robert, le célèbre photographe de Flamenco, est mort en pleine rue dans l'indifférence totale". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Paris. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Labesse, Patrick (13 November 2017). "L'élan du chant flamenco à Chaillot". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Périer, Marie (21 May 2018). "À voir cet été : l'exposition "Chaillot, une mémoire de la danse"". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Exposition La caméra au rythme du flamenco de René Robert". Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes (in French).
- ^ "Portrait d'Agujetas. Spectacle de flamenco à Paris. Photographie : René Robert". BnF Gallica (in French).
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