Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (August 28, 1921 – May 28, 2004) was a French photographer. His father was a painter, his mother a writer. Jean-philippe was born in an elegant and well educated family. In 1939, when he was studying German, he received a camera. Because of this he will soon stop his studies. Because of the war, he escape his hometown and go to Lyon, Marseille, Toulon; he arrive in Switzerland where he meet with Jean Manevy who will teach him the art of typography and journalism. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Charbonnier http://mam.paris.fr/fr/expositions/exposition-jean-philippe-charbonnier