France

Marianne of ’68

In May 1968, the role of Marianne would fall onto the shoulders of an English socialite, Caroline de Bendern, who…

14 years ago

Cherid Barkaoun, 1961

Marc Garanger’s image of Algerian women taken in the early 1960s reaches across half a century and remains a poignant…

15 years ago

De Gaulle in Ireland

In 1969, General Charles De Gaulle, the retired President of France visited Ireland. The great Anglophobe was descended from the…

15 years ago

Dans Les Portraits des Presidents

  The official portraits of French officials are an integral part of a long tradition. In Dans Le Portrait du…

15 years ago

Blaise Diagne

In 1922, West African and French dignitaries place flowers on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Paris. The Senegalese…

15 years ago