Europe1 .fr with AFP 12:23, December 29, 2021
Franco-Swiss photographer Sabine Weiss died on Tuesday at the age of 97.
Born in Switzerland, she moved to Paris in 1949. While her fashion photos appeared in Vogue magazine, she was best known for her post-war photos of people's lives and street scenes.
A style anchored in simplicity, in its image.
Franco-Swiss photographer Sabine Weiss, a leading representative of the French humanist school, died Tuesday at her home in Paris at the age of 97, her family and team announced on Wednesday. Born in Switzerland in 1924 and naturalized French in 1995, Sophie Weiss lived in Paris where she had set up her studio on Boulevard Murat since 1949.
Like Doisneau, Boubat, Willy Ronis or Izis, Sabine Weiss has immortalized the simple life of people, without however claiming any influence.
A pioneer of post-war photography, she was also known for her fashion photos that appeared in Vogue.
She said that a good photo "must touch, be well composed and stripped down. The sensitivity of people must be obvious".
Winner of the Women in Motion in 2020 Photography Prize, officially awarded in Arles in 2021, she has been the subject of some 160 exhibitions around the world.
A tribute exhibition
A discreet personality, this bubbly woman of 1m55, denied having suffered from any "segregation" as a woman and wanted to establish "a constant dialogue" with her subject, considering photography as "a friendship". She had walked with joy the Museon Arlaten in Arles last July at the last photography meetings, where her exhibition was presented: black and white photos, from the 1950s to today, mostly street scenes, portraits child beggars or street vendors, alley cats and popular balls.
More recently, Sabine Weiss went to the Planches-Contact festival in Deauville for a meeting with the public.
The upcoming exhibition at Casa de Tre Oci in Venice from March 10 to October 25, 2022, will be a "tribute exhibition", his team said.