Sunday Children’s Matinee at Moulin Rouge, Paris, ca. 1950s
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France. It is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as…
Love in Photography: 16 Sweet Photos That Show ‘the Kisses of Robert Doisneau’
French photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) made photographs on the streets of Paris in the 1930s. He was a champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a…
Daily Life in the 1950s Through 32 Beautiful Color Pictures
A collection of 32 beautiful color images capture everyday life in the 1950s. ENGLAND. London. 1953. (© Inge Morath © The Inge Morath Foundation/M) SPAIN. Pamplona. 1954….
Women’s Street Fashion of the 1920s
Immortalized in movies and magazine covers, young women’s fashion of the 1920s was both a trend and social statement, a breaking-off from the rigid Victorian way of…
30 Fascinating Black and White Photographs of Street Scenes of Paris Taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1963
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995), the man behind some of the most memorable pictures of the 20th century, was a professional photographer for almost 70 years. He started working…
45 Fascinating Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the Early 1970s
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, in an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been…
57 Rare and Amazing Photos Capture French Streets and Architecture in the Mid-19th Century
A rare and amazing photo collection from Cornell University Library that shows streets and architecture of France from around 1857 to 1865. Paris. Old Hôtel de Ville, 1857…
Incredible Photographs Captured Philippe Petit Walking on a Wire Between the Two Towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1971
Philippe Petit, a 21-year-old professional tightrope walker, was living in Paris when he decided to execute his first major performance at Notre Dame on June 26, 1971….
50 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the 1980s
caramoul25 is a French photographer who had his first shot in 1950 at the age of 17 “with a small cube of black Kodak bakelite offered by…
50 Fascinating Wedding Group Photos in France From the Early 1950s
Here’s a gallery of 50 large group photos taken by Roger Durand in 1951. Durand was a photographer based in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France. Do you recognize the people…