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'''Francis Joseph Bruguière''' (1879-1945) was an American-born photographer. He also worked as a director, producer, painter, and sculptor.  
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'''Francis Joseph Bruguière''' (1879-1945) was an American-born photographer. He also worked as a director, producer, painter, and sculptor. The pictures of Bruguière were often experimental and revealed a peculiar shade technique. Many photos were taken under the impression abstract, surrealist or cubist creative way.
  
==Life and work==
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When the devastating earthquake on 16 April 1906 the city of San Francisco rocked and more than 3000 people tore to death, countless buildings were turned into ruins. This rubble inspired a lot of photographers including Bruguière, who was a native. Many of these photos are used worldwide for documentaries, books and newspaper articles about the earthquake and have significance for the history of the earthquake and its documentation.
However, he remained known as a photographer. His pictures from the earthquake of San Francisco have today historic character. Many of his other pictures are innovative and make him one of the pioneers of modern photographic art before the 1920s.
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As a child was very interested in art, music and poetry and travel with his parents in Europe.
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==Literature==
In 1905 he went to [[New York]], where he first dealt with the photograph. He returned in 1906 back to San Francisco, where he founded his first photographic studio. He witnessed one of the worst earthquakes in U.S. history, as on 18 April 1906, the earth shook and more than 3,000 people died. This event impressed his life Despite the ruined city, he managed to study together with the photographer Frank Eugene. [[Alfred Stieglitz]], enabled Bruguière to participate as a photographer at the photo sessions.
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* James Enyart, ''Bruguière: His Photographs and his Life'', New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977
In 1916 he illustrated the book of the American poet and friend George Sterling called ''The evenscent City'' with photographs from the Panama-Pacific Exhibition (1915).
 
  
 
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* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Brugui%C3%A8re Bruguière at German Wikipedia]
 
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Brugui%C3%A8re Bruguière at German Wikipedia]
  
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 3 December 2022


Francis Bruguière
Born October 15, 1879(1879-10-15)
San Francisco, US
Died May 8, 1945(1945-05-08) (aged 65)
London, UK

Francis Joseph Bruguière (1879-1945) was an American-born photographer. He also worked as a director, producer, painter, and sculptor. The pictures of Bruguière were often experimental and revealed a peculiar shade technique. Many photos were taken under the impression abstract, surrealist or cubist creative way.

When the devastating earthquake on 16 April 1906 the city of San Francisco rocked and more than 3000 people tore to death, countless buildings were turned into ruins. This rubble inspired a lot of photographers including Bruguière, who was a native. Many of these photos are used worldwide for documentaries, books and newspaper articles about the earthquake and have significance for the history of the earthquake and its documentation.

Literature[edit]

  • James Enyart, Bruguière: His Photographs and his Life, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977

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