Jacques-André Boiffard

Jacques-André Boiffard, also known as J.A. Boiffard, initially studied at medical school in Paris until devoting himself to the Surrealist art scene led by André Breton. In 1924, he began working under Man Ray as an apprentice, training as a photographer and often operating cameras on Ray's experimental short films. Boiffard eventually split from the Breton movement and struck out on his own with limited success. Following his father's death, he returned to school, merging his photographic skills with his medical training to become a radiologist from 1940 to 1959, later dying at age 58.

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  The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice

  1929

• Paris la belle

  Assistant Camera

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  Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

  2024

• 2024Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
• 1960Paris la belleAssistant Camera
• 1929The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice