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Thursday, September 26, 2024

THE VINTAGE PHOTO BOOTH | An “APACHE” in the red light district! |Emile Savitry



 THE VINTAGE PHOTO BOOTH.

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An “Apache” and his protégée in a bar in the Paris red light’s district of Pigalle, 1938  


Photo by Emile Savitry


I am fascinated by much of the history of French photography from Brassai to Cartier-Bresson, Lartigue to Man Ray, Ronis to Doisneau, and the period around the turn of the 20thC into the prewar period always fascinates more than any other somehow. Through Brassai I have wondered about the culture of the streets and the notion of ‘Apaches’ and the red light districts especially. 


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