The 400 Blows (1959)

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While serving in the French Air Force’s press corps in Indochina in the early 1950s, Raymond Cauchetier began photographing his unit’s activities, and thus began his amazing career as a photojournalist. A chance meeting in 1957 at Angkor Wat with director Marcel Camus led to Cauchetier’s decade-long career detour as a set photographer.

The 400 Blows (1959) Jean-Pierre Léaud (left) in "The 400 Blows" (1959), directed by François Truffaut.

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Jean-Pierre Léaud (left) in "The 400 Blows" (1959), directed by François Truffaut.

Jean-Pierre Léaud and Claude Jade in "Stolen Kisses" (1968), directed by François Truffaut. Raymond Cauchetier was the set photographer for this film.

Donyale Luna in "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?" (1966), directed by William Klein.

Delphine Seyrig in "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961), directed by Alain Resnais.

Anouk Aimée in "Lola" (1961), directed by Jacques Demy. Raymond Cauchetier was the set photographer for this film.

Jean-Claude Brialy and Gérard Blain in "Les Cousins" (1959), directed by Claude Chabrol.

Alain Delon in "Le Samouraï" (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville; originally released in the U.S. in 1972 as "The Godson."

Davos Hanich in "La Jetée" (1962), directed by Chris Marker.

Henri Serre, Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner in "Jules and Jim" (1962), directed by François Truffaut. Raymond Cauchetier was the set photographer for this film.

Jeanne Moreau in "Elevator to the Gallows" (1958), directed by Louis Malle; originally released in the U.S. in 1961 as "Frantic."

Michel Piccoli and Brigitte Bardot in "Contempt" (1963), directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Jean-Claude Drouot and Claire Drouot in "Le Bonheur" (1965), directed by Agnès Varda.

Jean-Claude Brialy (right) in "Le Beau Serge" (1959), directed by Claude Chabrol.

Anna Karina and Sami Frey in "Band of Outsiders" (1964), directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Juliette Mayniel takes a cigarette break during filming of "Eyes without a Face" (1960), directed by Georges Franju; originally released in 1962 in the U.S. as "The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus."

Brigitte Bardot during filming of "And God Created Woman" (1956), directed by Roger Vadim.

Juliet Berto in "Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1974), directed by Jacques Rivette.

Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim, star and director of "La Ronde" (originally released in the U.S. in 1965 as "Circle of Love"), arriving at the 1964 (37th) Academy Awards ceremony.

Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine in "Alphaville" (1965), directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Anouk Aimée and Claude Lelouch after the 1966 (39th) Academy Awards ceremony, at which Lelouch accepted the Foreign Language Film Award and won for Writing – Story and Screenplay written directly for the screen for “A Man and a Woman.”

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in "Breathless" (1960), directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Raymond Cauchetier was the set photographer for this film.

Director Jean Luc Godard and Jean-Paul Belmondo during production on "Pierrot le Fou" (1965).

Director Jean-Luc Godard and Macha Méril during the filming of "Une Femme Mariée" (1964), originally released in the U.S. in 1965 as "The Married Woman."

Gene Kelly and Jacques Demy, who later worked together on "The Young Girls of Rochefort" (1967), at the 1964 (37th) Academy Awards Governors Ball.