Raymond Cauchetier is a French photographer, born January 10, 1920 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris and died February 22, 2021 in Paris. He is known for having been a still photographer from 1959 to 1968 on a large number of New Wave films and a major reporter during the Indochina War (he was made Grand Knight of the Legion of Honor on this occasion on 26 April 1955), before becoming the emblematic photographer of the New Wave, known worldwide for several set of photos.In recent years, numerous events in France and abroad have been organized to pay tribute to his work, notably in London, Paris, Los Angeles as part of the 2012 Oscars Ceremony His work has been the subject of several works, notably "Raymond Cauchetier's New Wave" (ed. Antique Collector's Club, 2015) and "Photos de cinéma - Autour de la Nouvelle vague, 1958-1968", by Raymond Cauchetier and Marc Vernet, Image France Editions (2007).
RAYMOND CAUCHETIER “The photographer of French cinema”
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