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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"A Profile of France", Paul Strand (1890-1976)

A Profile of France

Paul Strand (1890-1976)

Post-war French rural life, traditions, and landscapes through the lens of an American photographer and the words of a French poet.

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A Profile of France

Paul Strand (1890-1976)

Post-war French rural life, traditions, and landscapes through the lens of an American photographer and the words of a French poet.

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Young Boy, Gondevilie, Charente

Haying, Haut-Rhin, 1950

Old Sailor, Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales

La Rance, La Hisse, Côtes-d'Armor, 1950

Café Planchon, France, 1950

Blacksmith Shop, Châteauneuf, Charente, 1951

Saintes-Maries-de-la Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, 1950

Basque Fagade, Arbonne, Basses-Pyrénées

Old Man, Banyuls, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

On the Café Terrace, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales, 1950

Fishermen, Douarnenez, Finistère, 1950

Ancient Quarter, Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, 1950

Shop, Le Barcarès, Pyrénées-Orientales

Old Man, Gondevilie, Charente

Farm Village, Burgundy, 1951

Portrait, Gondevilie, Charente

Village in the Lot, Dordogne, 1950

Southern France, 1951

Child at the Window, La Rochefoucauld, Charente

Midi-Libre, Pont-Saint-Esprit, Gard, 1951

Café du Commerce, Corbigny, Nièvre, 1950

Houses, Locmariaquer, Finistère, 1950

Elderly Man, Douarnenez, Finistère

Bunch of Grapes, Gondevilie, Charente

Landscape, 1950

Books

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La France de Profil

Aperture, 2001

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Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs

Aperture, 2009

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Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography

Yale University Press, 2014

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Paul Strand: Aperture Masters of Photography

Aperture, 2014

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Paul Strand: An American Vision

Aperture, 1990

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Paul Strand: An Extraordinary Vision

University of Washington Press, 1994

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In Focus: Paul Strand - Photographs from The J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005

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Paul Strand

Actes Sud, 2011

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The Family, Luzzara, 1953

Paul Strand (1890-1976)

Portrayal of rural Italian village life, revealing intimate details of community members in domestic and communal spaces, highlighting unromanticized realities of post-war Italy.

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