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ajourneyroundmyskull:

L’Enfer by Robert Doisneau, 1952

Jacket from the Olympia Press edition of Raymond Queneau’s Zazie dans le métro

french book covers

I also like the jacket blurb

tartanspartan:

Wall and tree (with “Paris sera toujours Paris”), Paris — Frank Horvat, 1956

I could probably have reblogged all of these - but I think this one sums it up, really…

tartanspartan:

Actress Anna Karina, in cocktail dress at Les Halles, the food market of Paris — Frank Horvat, 1959

décarrossage:

…poster archives in dozens of stations, including St. Sulpice, George V, Les Sablons, École Militaire, Brochant, Bérault, Charles Michels, Jules Joffrin, Convention, Volontaires, Trinité and Anvers.

designwallah: Affichage éternel dans le métro

see also Absurdouée: J’adoooore… le décarossage des stations de métro

Cusset 5ème 1953-1954

French High School Photos

L’enfant aux ballons. Kodachrome 1955. (via Margnac)

Poster for “Rififi” (1955), perhaps the classic heist movie of all time, directed by the late Jules Dassin, 1911-2008.