| Janine Niépce | |
| Birth Date: | February 12, 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Meudon, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France. |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Collège de Sorbonne |
| Field: | Photography |
Janine Niépce (February 12, 1921 - August 5, 2007) was a French photographer and journalist. Her career spanned developing films for the French Resistance to covering the women's liberation movement in the 1970s.[1]
Janine Niépce was born February 12, 1921, in Meudon, France. She is a distant relative of Nicéphore Niépce, the pioneer of photography.[1] [2] In 1944, she graduated from the Sorbonne.[1] She was a liaison officer involved with the liberation of Paris after World War II. In 1946 she became a professional photographer.[3] She and the Swiss-French Sabine Weiss, a near contemporary, worked as the only women photojournalists at Rapho amongst Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, Denis Brihat, Jean Dieuzaide,[4] Bill Brandt, Ken Heyman, Izis, André Kertész, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Willy Ronis, Emile Savitry, Fouad Elkoury. She was influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson.[3]
In the 1970s, her work focused particularly on the women's liberation movement.[1]
In 1981 Niépce was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 1985 she became a Knight of the Legion d'Honor.[1]
She died August 5, 2007.[3]
Janine Niépce has published at least 20 books of photographs, the most recent ones are: