Rapho (agency)
The Rapho agency was founded in Paris in 1933 by Charles Rado (1899–1970),[1] a Hungarian immigrant. Rapho, an acronym formed from Rado-Photo, is one of the oldest press agencies specializing in humanist photography.[2] Rapho initially represented the small group of Hungarian friends and refugee photographers Brassaï, Nora Dumas, Ergy Landau and Ylla.[3]
Forced to close the agency during World War II, Rado left for the U.S. in 1940.[3] He opened a New York City office at 59 East 54th Street, Rapho Guillumette Pictures, with photographer Paul Guillumette. Rapho was reopened in Paris in 1946 by Raymond Grosset.[2]
Rado and Grosset proceeded to gather a number of photographers whom they represented in varying capacities and sometimes shared:
In 1975, Rapho Guillumette Pictures was absorbed by Photo Researchers. Two years later, Rapho acquired the TOP agency.[3] In 2000, Rapho joined the Hachette Filipacchi Photos Group,[3] which was sold in 2007 and became the photo conglomerate Eyedea. Eyedea, which went bankrupt in 2010, resurfaced that year as Gamma-Rapho, and includes the image collections of Hoa-Qui, TOP, Explorer, and Jacana.
References
- ^ "Charles Rado, 71, of Photo Agency; Developed Popular Books from Ylla's Portfolio". The New York Times. October 5, 1970. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Michèle and Michel Auer, Photographers Encyclopedia International, 1839 to the present (Editions Camera Obscura, Switzerland, 1985), p.789.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-866271-8).
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