Fernand Fonssagrives

Fernand Fonssagrives (June 8, 1910 - April 23, 2003) born near Paris, France he was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s. He was the first husband of the legendary model Lisa Fonssagrives.

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June 8 - 1910 - April 23 - 2003 - Paris - France - Photograph - 1940s - Lisa Fonssagrives

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His later pictures of female nudes with patterns of light on their skin. He was also a popular fashion photographer in the 1940s and 1950s when he took pictures for Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines.

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1940s - 1950s - Town and Country - Harper's Bazaar

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He married his first wife Lisa in 1935 and both became dancers, but he said he had to give that up after he was injured in a diving accident. Fortunately for the world of art and fashion he turned to photography and the world gained not only a first class photographer, but what many would say was the first supermodel.

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1935 - Art - Fashion - Supermodel

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They divorced and in 1950 and Lisa married the photographer Irving Penn.

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His second wife Diane Capron, a professional figure skater and teacher also ended in divorce. The native Frenchman lived the last 30 years of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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He is survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Mia Fonssagrives-Solow ,who is a costume designer and a son from his second marriage, Mark Fonssagrives.

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Mia Fonssagrives - Costume design

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