Academicians Offguard
Photograph
Roger Coral
Maker
Academicians Offguard
May 1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23.7 × 15.8 cm)
Paper: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0564
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 5/62 29) ACADEMICIANS OFFGUARD: On the occasion of his installation \ as a member of the august French Academy, film director \ René Clair (center) is caught in an expression worthy of \ one of his own films. One of the academy's principal \ jobs is to revise the standard French dictionary. Since \ the acceptance of each word requires considerable \ discussion, progress is slow. The new edition, begun \ 20 years ago, has now reached the letter "C." \ Credit: Roger Coral © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
