JacquesAndré Boiffard also known as JA 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 Rays experimental short films Boiffard eventually split from the Breton movement and struck out on his own with limited success Following his fathers 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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