Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Champs-Elysees


  

On the Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, 1950, by Christer Stromholm,  Swedish, 1918-2002. 

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Au Bon Coin


 

Au Bon Coin, Paris, 1929, by Andre Kertesz,  American, born Hungary (Austria-Hungry), 1894-1985. 

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Comtesse Anna De Noailles


 

Portrait of the Comtesse Anna De Noailles, Paris, France, 1931, by Andre Kertesz, American, born Hungary, (Austria-Hungary), 1894-1985.  

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Les Apaches



Les Apaches, street criminals battle the police, Paris, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1904, artist unknown.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Notre Dame




Notre Dame by Eugene Atget, French, 1857-1927.  Top photo, 1899, bottom photo, 1927.  Notre Dame Cathedral, architect unknown.  Construction started 1160, largely completed, 1260.  Partially destroyed, April 15, 2019.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

New Look Skirt



New Look Skirt Suit, Paris, 1948, by Robert Capa, born Andre Erno Friedman, Hungarian, 1913-1954.  Clothing designed by Christian Dior, French, 1905-1957. 

Monday, June 25, 2018

Monday, January 15, 2018

French Collaborators



French Collaborators, 1944, by Lee Miller, born Elizabeth Miller, American, model, photographer, journalist, 1907-1977. 

Lee Miller, Juan-les-Pins



Portrait of Lee Miller at Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, 1930, by Man Ray, American, born Emmanuel Radnitzky, painter, photographer,  1890-1976.  Lee Miller, born Elizabeth Miller, American, model, photographer, journalist, 1907-1977. 

Friday, September 29, 2017

Deauville, France



Deauville, France, 1950, by Robert Capa, born Endre Friedman, Hungarian, photographer, journalist, 1913-1954. 

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Resistance Fighters



Resistance fighters, Paris, France, 1944, by Robert Capa, Hungarian, born Endre Friedman, photographer, journalist, 1913-1954.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Nazi Tourism



Tourist map distributed to German  military personnel on leave in occupied Paris, 1942.