Jean-François Jonvelle


Jean-François Jonvelle was a French photographer of fashion, glamor, and portraiture.
Jonvelle was born on 3 October 1943, in Cavaillon. He apprenticed under Richard Avedon at age 18. As a photographer, he primarily photographed actresses, as well as nude women. In spring 1981, he photographed for an advertiser, which popularized the works of Jonvelle. He received a Clio Award. Besides photography, he scored the television show Dim Dam Dom. He died on 16 January 2002, aged 58, in a hospital in Paris, of cancer.