Gaston Paris, Reporter: Photography on show

14 January 2022

Les « nouveaux » Clérans, trapézistes (detail; 1946), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet

Alongside Man Ray and Robert Capa, the French photojournalist Gaston Paris was a fixture in the pages of the French weekly Vu throughout the 1930s – though his work is little known today. This exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (19 January–18 April) retraces his career from early, Surrealist-influenced works to late prints of the 1960s and ’70s. Find out more from the Pompidou’s website.

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Fête foraine (c. 1935), Gaston Paris.

Fête foraine (c. 1935), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet

Casino de Paris (c. 1937), Gaston Paris.

Casino de Paris (c. 1937), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet

Les trois masques (c. 1932), Gaston Paris.

Les trois masques (c. 1932), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet

Soufflerie aérodynamique de Chalais-Meudon

Soufflerie aérodynamique de Chalais-Meudon (1936), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet

Les « nouveaux » Clérans, trapézistes (1946), Gaston Paris.

Les « nouveaux » Clérans, trapézistes (1946), Gaston Paris. © Gaston Paris/BHVP/Agence Roger-Viollet