Georges Chevalier

Georges Chevalier (né Bernard Chevalier; 2 August 1882 - 1 May 1967) was a French photographer, notable for his work for Albert Kahn and The Archives of the Planet.

Life He was born in Pauillac to cooper to Guillaume Chevalier and his wife Anne Grégoire. He set up in business as a photographer after being trained in that field by Auguste Léon. In 1903 he was exempted from military service for "weakness". He lived with his father in Bouscat after his mother's death and in 1905 married Louise Émilie Vinatier

He started working for Kahn in 1913, having been put in touch with him by Léon, who in 1909 had become the first photographer to work for Kahn. In retirement he moved to 3, quai du Quatre-Septembre next door to Kahn's former Boulogne residence and died there in 1967.

Selected works Autochromes of Brittany : Female inhabitant of Ploumanac'h in a headdress (7 June 1920) Small farm at the edge of the village, Saint-Jean-Trolimon (March 1920)

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