Somber Spectators

Somber Spectators

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Somber Spectators

France in Ferment


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (15.8 × 24 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.2 × 25.5 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0177
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (France) 2/62 17) SOMBER SPECTATORS line the funeral route. \ Volunteer marshals replace the usual gendarmes. Despite \ the presence of many thousands, the demonstration took \ place in grave silence that contrasted with the violance [sic] \ of recent demonstrations in the French capital. \ Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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