Roger Schall (25 July 1904 – December 4 1995) was a French photographer and photojournalist who practiced from the end of the 1920s until the 1970s. During World War II, Schall secretly documented the Nazi occupation of Paris. The studio he opened in Montmartre with his brother in 1931 worked as an agency, distributing images in numerous magazines: Vu, Vogue Paris, L'Illustration, Life, Paris Match… 150 covers and 10,000 photos published. Roger Schall produced fashion photography for the

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Born in Nancy on July 25, 1904, Roger Schall and his family arrived in Paris in 1911. His father Emile worked as a photographer in schools. During the war, the family moved to Les Sables-d'Olonne. In 1924, Roger Schall did his military service in Strasbourg. He was sent to the photographic section in Lebanon in the spring of 1925. At the end of his service, he returned to work with his father, while taking evening classes to perfect his knowledge of drawing and painting. In 1929, Roger Schall spent all his savings on a Leica camera. It was with this camera and a Rolleiflex bought in the early 1930s that Roger Schall wandered the streets of Paris in search of picturesque scenes. In 1931, Roger Schall opened a studio in Montmartre with his brother Raymond, which then became the Schall frères studio and then Schall Presse. Roger Schall illustrated articles with photographies, including a few special issues for l'Art Vivant. He worked for Vu magazine. Like many photographers of his time, Roger Schall worked mainly on commission and reserved his production for publications. At this time, he also made a series of nudes in his studio which were published in Paris Magazine. In 1934,

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. He took advantage of his stay in the United States to take photographs of New York. He was sent by Vu to Berlin to cover the preparation for the

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