Jenny de Vasson

Jenny Marie Nannecy Girard de Vasson (20 August 1872, La Châtre - 15 February 1920, Fougerolles) was one of the first notable women photographers in France.

The Girard de Vassons were an upper-class family, originally from Berry[1] Her father was a magistrate, and several creative artists were among her parents' friends, including the author, George Sand.

Initially, she studied drawing, with the painter, Bernard Naudin, who would remain a lifelong friend, although art never became more than a hobby.

The ones that survived, approximately 5,000 glass plates, albums and prints, were stored in cupboards at the family home in Fougerolles, which was once part of the Abbey of Varennes [fr].

[2] He and three co-authors promoted her work in the book, Jenny de Vasson, une femme photographe au début du siècle, published in 1982 by Éditions Herscher.