With his brother Jacques, Claude toured Hurepoix for two years collecting folklore and legends, and in 1937 he co-wrote with his brother The Folklore of Hurepoix, which was praised by Pierre Mac Orlan and Blaise Cendrars.
Blaise Pascal | Saint Blaise | Modesty Blaise | Blaise Cendrars | Blaise Compaoré | Blaise Jeannot Andrieux | Tara Blaise | Clark Blaise | Cirey-sur-Blaise | Blaise Castle | Blaise | St. Blaise's Well | Modesty Blaise (1966 film) | Blaise Pascal (1971 film) | Blaise MacDonald | Blaise le Blasé - Fred's head | Blaise de Vigenère |
Batignolles is now the home for the earthly remains of André Barsacq, Alexandre Benois, André Breton, Alfred Bruneau, Lucienne Bréval, Gaston Calmette, Blaise Cendrars, Léon Dierx, Pierre Dreyfus, Marguerite Durand, Hélène Dutrieu, Joséphin Péladan, Benjamin Péret, Ray Ventura, Paul Vidal, Édouard Vuillard and André Zirnheld (in the family grave), among others.
He nevertheless took photographs of such various figures as Blaise Cendrars, Jean Cocteau, Paul Fort, Lino Ventura, Habib Bourguiba or Madame René Coty in their homes, and was regarded as a first rank photographer in fashion and industry.