Biography
Maurice-Louis Branger who was born in Fontainebleau in 1874 began to
work as a photographer beginning in 1895. Around 1905 he created the photo
reportage agency "Photopresse" at 5 rue Cambon in Paris. He was a versatile
and very active photographer, covering the main events of Paris life, in
particular the flood of 1910, but also criminal affairs and trials, the
cultural and political life and sporting events. A truly international
reporter, he was one of the rare photographers to go into the field during the
First Balkan War in 1913. Upon his return to France, he photographed World War
I and its consequences for four years. Once a civilian and Parisian again, he
became known particularly for his local reportages of daily life of the roaring
twenties in a rapidly changing city. He died in 1950 in Mantes la Jolie.