French photographer Fernand Fonssagrives (June 8, 1910 – April 23, 2003) was known for his fashion and body photography in the 1940s. As noted on Wikipedia, "Born in France, Fonssagrives first trained as a dancer, but after an injury he established himself as a photographer, selling photos (often of his wife, Lisa) to many European publications in the 1930s. He moved to New York and became one of the world's premiere fashion photographers of the 1940s and 1950s, taking pictures for Vogue, Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines. Some of his most iconic images are studies of female nudes with patterns of light on their skin."