René Maltête (1930–2000) was a French photographer and poet. René Maltête was born on 8 May 1930 at Lamballe[1] (Côtes-d'Armor, France).
He started taking pictures at 16; his first camera was a Pontiac 6×9.[1][n 1] In 1951 he went to Paris to become an assistant director, and in 1952, he started working with Jacques Tati, Claude Barma and René Wheeler. Times were tough, and from this point until 1973 he would have to do a great variety of menial work to survive in addition to his profession.[1] Maltête wanted to be a film director but lacked a camera. In 1954 he bought a Semflex 6×6 still camera[n 2] and started taking photographs seriously.[1] ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Malt%C3%AAte
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