Pioneering photographer Sabine Weiss, who was the last surviving member of France's celebrated humanist school, has died aged 97, 28 December 2021, at her home in Paris.
Although she had stopped taking pictures, Weiss was actively involved in her archive until her death. Born in Switzerland, she learned her art in Geneva, moving to Paris after World War Two. She became renowned particularly for her images on the streets of Paris, and for 70 years remained at the heart of French photography.
Weiss began taking pictures when she was 18. Sabine Weiss opened a Paris studio in 1950. She immortalised day-to-day life in Paris and much of her work featured the lives of children. Weiss said once that her aim was to capture "snotty-nosed kids... beggars... and the little piss-takers".
In 1952, she met the photographers Robert Doisneau and Edward Steichen and joined their Rapho photo agency. During the 1950s and early 1960s she worked widely for international publications. Among her clients were Newsweek, Time, Life, Esquire and Paris Match.
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