Boucher studied at the École des Arts Appliquées à l'Industrie in Paris (1922), where he developed a strong fascination for graphic composition, using a variety of techniques including drawing, engraving, typography design and photography. Indeed, he defined himself as a 'photographist'. His photographic work was linked to the fields of advertising, editorial design, illustration, and to various twentieth century art movements such as New Objectivity, New Vision and surrealist photography. He also took an interest in the architecture of Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus movement, the experimental cinema of Fritz Lang and painting, all of which left their influence on his work.
During his time as an Air Force photographer, he learned a range of laboratory and photomontage techniques. In 1931 the Studio Zuber was founded, acting as a meeting place and work space for a collective of photographers from very different backgrounds. Boucher was a member of the studio, along with René Zuber and Emeric Feher, among others. Studio Zuber is considered to have been the germ of the future Alliance-Photo agency, founded in 1934 by Zuber, Boucher and Maria Eisner. With Alliance-Photo, Boucher undertook projects in a wide range of fields: travel, sports, architecture, nudes, etcetera. In 1952 he founded the Multiphoto advertising agency, serving as its art director for several years. He is known as an innovator and an explorer of techniques that he placed at the service of his photography. Boucher is recognised as one of the best editors of photographic images of the twentieth century. His photographs were used to illustrate books such as Truquage en photographie (Marcel Natkin, 1938) and Le Nu en photographie (Marcel Natkin, 1945), in which his work was presented alongside that of other artists such as Man Ray to reflect different aesthetics in nude photography.
Boucher's work has been exhibited at many prominent museums and galleries, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1937); the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid, 1999); the Centre Pompidou and the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Paris, 2008 and 2013); and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo, 2012).
Boucher studied at the École des Arts Appliquées à l'Industrie in Paris (1922), where he developed a strong fascination for graphic composition, using a variety of techniques including drawing, engraving, typography design and photography. Indeed, he defined himself as a 'photographist'. His photographic work was linked to the fields of advertising, editorial design, illustration, and to various twentieth century art movements such as New Objectivity, New Vision and surrealist photography. He also took an interest in the architecture of Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus movement, the experimental cinema of Fritz Lang and painting, all of which left their influence on his work.
During his time as an Air Force photographer, he learned a range of laboratory and photomontage techniques. In 1931 the Studio Zuber was founded, acting as a meeting place and work space for a collective of photographers from very different backgrounds. Boucher was a member of the studio, along with René Zuber and Emeric Feher, among others. Studio Zuber is considered to have been the germ of the future Alliance-Photo agency, founded in 1934 by Zuber, Boucher and Maria Eisner. With Alliance-Photo, Boucher undertook projects in a wide range of fields: travel, sports, architecture, nudes, etcetera. In 1952 he founded the Multiphoto advertising agency, serving as its art director for several years. He is known as an innovator and an explorer of techniques that he placed at the service of his photography. Boucher is recognised as one of the best editors of photographic images of the twentieth century. His photographs were used to illustrate books such as Truquage en photographie (Marcel Natkin, 1938) and Le Nu en photographie (Marcel Natkin, 1945), in which his work was presented alongside that of other artists such as Man Ray to reflect different aesthetics in nude photography.
Boucher's work has been exhibited at many prominent museums and galleries, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1937); the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid, 1999); the Centre Pompidou and the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Paris, 2008 and 2013); and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo, 2012).