Rediscovered Treasures
Rediscovered Treasures
February 8, 2020
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Bettina la plus belle (RH018995), 1953
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO
Like his more widely known contemporaries Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Sabine Weiss and Édouard Boubats, Charbonnier (1921–2004) pursued a humanist approach to photography – addressing a broad spectrum of topics that ranged from portraits of young people in the North of France, to behind-the-scenes shots at Christian Dior fashion shows. He travelled to the most remote corners of the Earth and visited the world’s largest cities, he photographed in the Sahara desert and inside American supermarkets. Despite this extraordinary diversity, his visual language was always characterised by one common trait: the artist’s ability to enter into an equal relationship with those he photographed.
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Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Bettina la plus belle (RH018995), 1953
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Au supermarché, New-Rochell, États-Unis (RHA001613), 1958
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
La machine à coudre, Koweit (RH019050), 1955
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Mannequins habillés par Christian Dior posant sur un avion, Paris (RHA003473), 1959
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Hôpital psychiatrique( RH029204) 1954
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/GAMMA RAPHO