Fernand Fonssagrives (1910 - 2003)

Fernand Fonssagrives

Fernand Fonssagrives, born Fernand Vigoureux, is a French and American fashion photographer.

As a young man he moved to New York and became one of the world's leading fashion photographers of the 1940s and 1950s, shooting for Vogue, Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines. Fonssagrives' iconic works are photos of nude women with patterns of sun reflections on their skin. In a unique partnership with his wife, legendary model Lisa Fonssagrives, he created his most significant works.