Background
Edouard Boubat was born on September 13, 1923 Paris, France.
Edouard Boubat was born on September 13, 1923 Paris, France.
Edouard Boubat studied typography and graphic arts at the École Estienne and worked for a printing company before becoming a photographer. In 1943 he was subjected to service du travail obligatoire, forced labour of French people in Nazi Germany, and witnessed the horrors of World War II.
Edouard Boubat took his first photograph after the war in 1946 and was awarded the Kodak Prize the following year. He travelled the world for the French magazine Réalités, where his colleague was Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, and later worked as a freelance photographer. His son Bernard Boubat is also a photographer.
Quotes from others about the person
The photographer's work was described by Elaine A. King in 1977 in this way: "Unlike his fellow countrymen. French photographer Edouard Boubat's imagery is not dependent on intrinsic timing but, instead, his photographs purport to reflect timelessness and the lingering moment."
French poet Jacques Prévert called him a "peace correspondent" as he was humanist, apolitical and photographed uplifting subjects.