Edouard "Eddie" Kuligowski (22 July 1946 – 15 January 2021) was a French photographer who won the

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, the most prestigious prize for a photographer in

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Biography

Kuligowski was born in 1946 in

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, France into a working-class family of Polish descent. Kuligowski studied in an advertising photography studio before joining the agency ''Viva'', then ''VLOO''. Starting in 1973, his

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photographs were published several times a year such as ''Camera International'' and ''Zoom''. They were exhibited internationally. In 1976, Kuligowski won the

. In the 1980s and '90s, he took fashion and advertising photographs, which were published in magazines such as ''

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''. In 2000, he began teaching photography courses and training interns. Eddie Kuligowski died on 15 January 2021 at the age of 74. His wife Susan died four days later.

Collections

Bibliothèque nationale de France The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including bo ...

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* * Musée Réatu *

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Publications

*''Transmigration'' (1977) *''Livre premier'' (1992) *''Rochefort et la Corderie Royale'' (1995) *''Paris Romance'' (2000) *''Parisienne(s)'' (2001) *''Paroles de femmes, la liberté du regard'' (2007) *''La photographie en France, des origines à nos jours'' (2008)

References

1946 births 2021 deaths French photographers {{France-photographer-stub