Poet with a Camera

Edouard Boubat, Madras, 1971

Described as a poet with a camera, Edouard Boubat (1923–1999) is best known for his tender images of women and children. Boubat was born in Montmartre, Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at the Ecole Estienne. His interest in photography began after World War II. Photojournalism allowed him a certain freedom that was rare during that troubled time and it was the sense of adventure that attracted him to the field. 

Boubat had a rare talent for capturing magical moments that can only be frozen in time by the eye of a true master. His portraits, landscapes and photojournalism reflect the fragile beauty of life. As the artist himself states, "After the war, we felt the need to celebrate life, and for me photography was the means to achieve this..."