"Noêl à Berlin. A l'angle d'une rue enneigée depuis Bergstrasse, un couple debout sur le toit d'une voiture lève le bras pour saluer de l'autre côté du mur vers Berlin Est, Berlin", 1961 © Paris, musée de l'Armée / Emilie Cambier / Léon Herschtritt/ LA COLLECTION
Léon Herschtritt (1936-2020), photographer of the Gaullist years
13/11/2023 - 31/03/2024
Musée de l'Armée - Invalides
129 Rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
www.musee-armee.fr/accueil.html
The "heart in the eyes". The poet Philippe Soupault's phrase seems to sum up Léon Herschtritt's humanist photographic work. A post-war photographer, his itinerary followed that of a generation of "reporters-illustrators", stimulated by a flourishing press and dynamic commissions from government agencies.
From the Algerian War to the construction of the Berlin Wall, from Africa to President Charles de Gaulle's regional visits, Herschtritt's work takes us through the first two decades of the Fifth Republic, between decolonization and the Cold War.
Focusing on the period 1958-1970, the exhibition presents exceptional prints and previously unpublished contact sheets, revealing the career of a true photographic talent, acclaimed during his lifetime by the profession as a whole, of which he was the most gentle spokesman.
Musée de l'Armée - Invalides
129 Rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
www.musee-armee.fr/accueil.html
The "heart in the eyes". The poet Philippe Soupault's phrase seems to sum up Léon Herschtritt's humanist photographic work. A post-war photographer, his itinerary followed that of a generation of "reporters-illustrators", stimulated by a flourishing press and dynamic commissions from government agencies.
From the Algerian War to the construction of the Berlin Wall, from Africa to President Charles de Gaulle's regional visits, Herschtritt's work takes us through the first two decades of the Fifth Republic, between decolonization and the Cold War.
Focusing on the period 1958-1970, the exhibition presents exceptional prints and previously unpublished contact sheets, revealing the career of a true photographic talent, acclaimed during his lifetime by the profession as a whole, of which he was the most gentle spokesman.