Alix Cléo Roubaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alix Cléo Roubaud

French photographer

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1952

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1983

Profession: photographer, writer

Nationality: Canada, France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Alix Cléo Roubaud

  • Alix Cléo Roubaud (January 19, 1952 – January 28, 1983) was a Canadian photographer and writer who lived in France after 1972. The daughter of Arthur Edward Blanchette, a diplomat, and Marcelle Montreuil, an artist, she was born Alix Cléo Blanchette in Mexico.
  • She studied architecture and psychology at the University of Ottawa.
  • In 1972, she moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, where she pursued studies in philosophy.
  • The move to France was also intended to help with her asthma.
  • She began studies at Paris 8 University in 1975.
  • In 1978, she began visiting the spa town of La Bourboule each year to aid her health.
  • In 1979, she abandoned her studies to concentrate on her photography.In 1980, she married Jacques Roubaud, a French poet and academic.Jean Eustache produced the 1980 film Les Photos d'Alix based on her photographs.Roubaud died in Paris of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 31.She had maintained a personal journal over her career and, in 1984, her husband decided to publish it.In 2014, the Bibliothèque nationale de France presented a retrospective of her work, Quinze minutes la nuit au rythme de la respiration.

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