Pierre Molinier (April 13, 1900 – March 3, 1976) was a French painter, photographer and "maker of objects"
Born in Agen, France, he lived his life in Bordeaux. He began his career by painting landscapes until his work soon turned towards a fetishistic eroticism.
Molinier began to take photographs at the age of 18. A homosexual and a transvestite, Pierre Molinier lived the violence and sexual obsessions his fellow surrealists only dreamt about.
He began a correspondence with André Breton and sent hi