“During May 1968 I was on constant alert,” wrote Bruno Barbey of his time shooting the Paris riots. “In those days there were practically no movie cameras. I remember only William Klein filming, and some foreign television crews; French television was on strike. So the fixed image ruled the day. Photography had a role to play, and a central importance.”
Barbey’s image shows students hurling projectiles at the police on Boulevard Saint Germain in the 6th arrondissement during that eventful spring. The photographer said he was “on constant alert” during the riots, only finding time to take his film to the agency to be developed when the protestors slept. “The contact sheets weren’t usually that great,” he said. “It was only on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of May ‘68 that we took time to re-edit because we were preparing two books and various exhibitions. We found a lot of photos I’d never really laid eyes on before.”
Specification
Format: Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 100
Magnum Archive Stamped and Numbered
Size: 8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Image Size: 9 inches (22.86 cm) on the longest side
Square images: 6.5 inches (16.51cm) all sides
Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper
This print is for personal use only, intended for display in the home or other private spaces. For all other purposes, such as display in public spaces or institutions, publishing the image online or in print, or any other form of usage, permission must be granted by Magnum Photos.
Please note that Magnum Photos is not responsible for any lost or misplaced Letters of Provenance and will not send replacements.
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Framing
Each frame is hand-crafted and made-to-order and includes framing-grade quality plexiglass, which comes with ~60% UV protection.
Please allow up to three additional weeks before your order is shipped when ordering a framed item.
Please note: due to the nature of the framing process the artist archival stamp that is on the recto of our Contact Sheet, Darkroom and Magnum Edition prints will be obscured upon framing.
Shipping
All of our prints are shipped flat and separately from other items in your order. Unframed posters are shipped within a sturdy tube.
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