About Denise Bellon
Lived 1902 – 1999 (aged 97). Denise Bellon was a French photographer and photojournalist.
Denise Bellon (20 September 1902 – 31 October 1999) was a French photographer associated with the Surrealist movement.
Life She was born Denise Hulmann in Paris and studied psychology at the Sorbonne. She first married Jacques Bellon although the couple later divorced. From 1934 to 1940, she was part of the team of photographers at the Alliance-Photo agency founded by Maria Eisner.
In 2001, her daughter Yannick and Chris Marker made a film Le souvenir d'un avenir (Remembrance of Things to Come) based on images from Bellon's archives.
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French photographer (1902–1999)
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Denise Bellon was born on 20 September 1902 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Denise Bellon died on 31 October 1999 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Denise Bellon was a photographer and photojournalist.
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Denise Bellon was French.
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