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He was born on September 13th 1923 in Paris, France. In 1938 Boubat began working in a photofactory and in 1945 Boubat began creating his own photographs. He began to take photographs because he wanted to capture the happy moments in peoples lives. This was a direct reaction to the Second World War. In 1947 Boubat recieved the Kodak prize in the International Hall of Photography located in the National Library of Paris. In the 1950's and 1960's Boubat traveled and worked as a freelance photojournalist for the french magazine "Realites". After his time with the magazine Boubat continued to travel and visited places such as ; Italy; China; Egypt; Greece; and Japan. Edouard Boubat died on June 30th 1999 in Paris, France.
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Taken in Parc de Sceaux, Paris
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Taken in India
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Taken in Brasil