Georges Tairraz II Photo

Georges Tairraz II

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0.0 Popularity Mar 20, 1900 (75 years old) Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France

Between 1857 and 2000, four photographers will, from father to son, invent and pass on the art of mountain photography. They are called Tairraz. Joseph Tairraz, Georges Tairraz I, Georges Tairraz II, and Pierre Tairraz. The story begins in Chamonix in 1857. Joseph Tairraz, son of the syndic (mayor),...

Biography

Between 1857 and 2000, four photographers will, from father to son, invent and pass on the art of mountain photography. They are called Tairraz. Joseph Tairraz, Georges Tairraz I, Georges Tairraz II, and Pierre Tairraz. The story begins in Chamonix in 1857. Joseph Tairraz, son of the syndic (mayor), buys a daguerreotype device in Geneva. Four years later, before Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, the Emperor's official photographer, he took the first photograph at the top of Mont-Blanc. Very quickly, the young man opened a studio in the center of Chamonix. He will pass the baton to his son Georges. The dynasty is spawned.

Georges Tairraz (1900-1975), who will be called Georges Tairraz II, will in turn follow the double career of guide and photographer, extended from 1920 to the practice of cinema. He made his first documentary in 1934, L'Ascension des Aiguilles Ravanel et Mummery, before starting a long collaboration with Roger Frison-Roche. Technical adviser on the shooting of the film Premier De Cordée directed in 1943 by Louis Daquin, Georges Tairraz II accompanied Frison-Roche on his expeditions to Hoggar and Antarctica. With the guide and writer Gaston Rébuffat, he made two films on the north face of the Alps.

Georges Tairraz II is the father of Pierre Tairraz who also happened to retrace the history and transformations of Chamonix and mountaineering. For a century and a half, the Tairraz will be the incomparable photographers of Mont-Blanc and, over the generations, will taste the cinema and will befriend other great smugglers of the Alps, such as Roger Frison-Roche and Gaston Rébuffat. The dynasty went dormant on the death of Pierre Tairraz in 2000. It leaves us with a certain way of looking at the mountain, of magnifying its forms to express the emotions of those who think about it.

Filmography 26

2015
Le Regard Tairraz Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1961
Entre Terre et Ciel Movie

Set Photographer

1961
Entre Terre et Ciel Movie

Cinematography

1959
Third Man on the Mountain Movie

Cinematography

1959
Perilous Assignment Movie

as Self

1959
Perilous Assignment Movie

Cinematography

1959
Le Pilier de la Solitude Movie

Cinematography

1955
Stars and Storms Movie

as Self

1955
Stars and Storms Movie

Cinematography

1953
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes Movie

Cinematography

1952
1950
Le Grand Désert Movie

as Self

1950
Le Grand Désert Movie

Director

1950
Le Grand Désert Movie

Cinematography

1950
Le Grand Désert Movie

Set Photographer

1948
Broken Journey Movie

Cinematography

1947
Il Était... Trois Chansons Movie

Cinematography

Photos 3

Georges Tairraz II Photo
Georges Tairraz II Photo
Georges Tairraz II Photo

Personal Details

Known For Crew
Gender Male
Birthday March 20, 1900 (75 years old)
Died June 01, 1975
Place of Birth Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Years Active 1923 - 2015
Popularity 0.0
Career Stats
26 Total Credits
6 Movie Roles
3 Photos