Roger Schall
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Roger Schall (25 July 1904 – December 4 1995) was a French photographer and photojournalist who practiced from the end of the 1920s until the 1970s.[1] During World War II, Schall secretly documented the Nazi occupation of Paris.[2][3] The studio he opened in Montmartre with his brother in 1931 worked as an agency, distributing images in numerous magazines: Vu, Vogue Paris, L'Illustration, Life, Paris Match… 150 covers and 10,000 photos published. Roger Schall produced fashion photography for the fetish clothing company Diana Slip.[4] He photographed many celebrities of his time including Gabrielle Chanel, Colette and Marlène Dietrich.