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Gondry, Jean
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Person (Male)
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- Amateur
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Life dates
Paris [F], 1866 - ?, ?
Activity
1892 - 1903 Paris [F], Rue de Reuilly, 42
Jean Léopold, ° 2.4.1866. His family hailed from the region of Braine-le-Comte: his father was born in Ecaussinnes, a sister in Henripont. Recorded as a cabinet maker in Paris in December 1893. Founding president of the "Association belge des amateurs photographes de Paris" in December 1892; at this address were the club's premises. In 1903, still president of this club, now called the "Société Franco-Belge de photographie", still at this address. Honorary member of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles" until at least 1911.
Jean Godry would also become a publisher of picture postcards, established in Paris, Rue Roubo, 4 from 1901 and, by 1910, concurrently in Montreuil-sous-Bois [Seine-Saint-Denis, F], Rue du Pré, 26. J. Gondry was operating as a photographer in Paris in 1908 when requested by "La Goulue" [= Louise Weber, cancan dancer and lion tamer] to take a portrait of her young son posing with a lioness. The animal took exception and gave the child a mauling (L'Avenir du Luxembourg, 24.5.1908).
Jean Léopold, ° 2.4.1866. His family hailed from the region of Braine-le-Comte: his father was born in Ecaussinnes, a sister in Henripont. Recorded as a cabinet maker in Paris in December 1893. Founding president of the "Association belge des amateurs photographes de Paris" in December 1892; at this address were the club's premises. In 1903, still president of this club, now called the "Société Franco-Belge de photographie", still at this address. Honorary member of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles" until at least 1911.
Jean Godry would also become a publisher of picture postcards, established in Paris, Rue Roubo, 4 from 1901 and, by 1910, concurrently in Montreuil-sous-Bois [Seine-Saint-Denis, F], Rue du Pré, 26. J. Gondry was operating as a photographer in Paris in 1908 when requested by "La Goulue" [= Louise Weber, cancan dancer and lion tamer] to take a portrait of her young son posing with a lioness. The animal took exception and gave the child a mauling (L'Avenir du Luxembourg, 24.5.1908).
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1892 - 1903 Paris [F], Rue de Reuilly, 42
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0945
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 3.11.2018; revised 13.11.2018, 10.12.2018 & 2.4.2019; SFJ revised 26.6.2020 & 9.12.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 2.5.2021; MD revised 13.5.2020, 15.3.2024 & 14.8.2024