15 February 1879 – 22 February 1962, was a French photographer. Born in Paris as Laure Maffredi, she studied at the Lycée Molière and married a specialist in microscopy in 1897, an influence that would later inform her photographic work. She began working from her home studio in Paris, publishing her first fashion photographs in the French edition of Vogue in 1922, the same year she received a gold medal from the Revue française de photographie.

From the mid-1920s onward, she exhibited regularly at major Paris salons and presented her first solo exhibition in 1925. Her practice encompassed a wide range of genres, including portraiture, fashion, nudes, still life, and decorative imagery. In 1931 she developed “micrographie,” photographic images of microscopic subjects that combined scientific observation with visual art. Alongside her artistic work, she held institutional roles, including responsibility for photographic archives at the Direction générale des Beaux-Arts and involvement with the Cinémathèque nationale.

During the 1930s and 1940s her work was widely exhibited and published internationally. She also produced illustrated books, notably collaborations with Paul Valéry such as Narcisse (1936), followed by further publications during the early 1940s. After the Second World War, she continued working as a portrait photographer in Paris until her retirement in 1956.

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Biography text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), German edition. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_Albin_Guillot