(FILES) – A picture on September 2, 2003 shows French photographer Willy Ronis posing with a print of his picture «Bastille lovers» in his apartment in Paris. Born in Paris in 1910, Willy Ronis became a full-time photographer in 1945. He joined Doisneau, Brassaï and others at the Rapho Agency. He was the first French photographer to work for LIFE Magazine, and Edward Steichen exhibited him at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953 in a show called Four French Photographers. Willy Ronis died at the age of 99 on September 12, 2009 said Eyadea Presse CEO owner of Rapho. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK