Overview of the exhibition
Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), equipped with her Rolleiflex, travels the world in the years 1950-1970. The eldest daughter of Henri Roger, an engineer and amateur photographer, she grew up with her father's photographic experiences, trained as a journalist and created the Roger-Viollet photographic agency in 1938 with her husband Jean Fischer. Her numerous trips are a pretext to complete, document and enrich the existing archives. Over the course of her 30 years of photography, Hélène Roger-Viollet has created a body of work that combines documentary testimony with an aesthetic that is all her own. In the manner of an ethnologist, she bears witness to the life, daily life and customs of distant peoples. The photographer said herself in 1981: "We did not make reportage but realized documents to enrich the collections of the documents which missed". Presented at the Roger-Viollet Gallery from February 12, 2021 to June 26, 2021.
Technical specifications
Number of prints
68
68
Type of prints
Modern on baryta paper 310g
Modern on baryta paper 310g
Format
30 x 40 cm
30 x 40 cm
Passe-partout
No
No
Type of framework
Wenge Alpha Nielsen frame
Wenge Alpha Nielsen frame
Packaging
Transport case
Transport case
Number of packages
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-
Total weight
-
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Insurance value
-
-
Rental rate
- 1 mois
€2,500 excl. tax / €3,000 incl. VAT - 3 mois
€3,200 excl. tax / €3,840 incl. VAT - 6 mois
€3,900 excl. tax / €4,680 incl. VAT - 1 an
€5,000 excl. tax / €6,000 incl. VAT
55230-4 DG
Jean-Victor Fischer (1904-1985), German-born French photographer, with two soldiers from the Fidel [...]
55230-3 DG
Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), French photographer, with two soldiers from the Fidel Castro's [...]
9718-1 DG
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Anarchists occupying a convent later turned into a canteen (Hélène [...]
17965-5 DG
Hélène Roger-Viollet by a Talbot, in front of Roger-Viollet press agency, 6 rue de Seine, (6th [...]
1426-1 DG
Paid holidays. Jean Fischer (1904-1985) and Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), French photographers, [...]
34289-17 DG
Photographic effect. Henri Roger and his 6 children. First from the left is Hélène Roger-Viollet at [...]
20052-10 DG
The five Roger-Viollet sisters in the lounge (in the centre, Hélène Roger-Viollet). Paris, May 1911.
35238-5 DG
Self-portrait of Henri Roger in his laboratory, on January 24, 1892.
1252-9 DG
Market at the port. Port-au-Prince (Haïti), February 1959.
6889-16 DG
To the south of Wadi Halfa. Sudan (Africa). 1955.
5385-4 DG
Island of Zanzibar (Tanzania). Moorish-style carved door in the old town. February, 1974.
6894-14 DG
Osaka (Japan). A street in the entertainment district, near the central train station. by night. [...]
7830-14 DG
Head of a bull from a capital of the palace of Darius I the Great (522-486 BC). Persepolis (Iran), [...]
7815-7 DG
Iwan and courtyard of the Shah Mosque (built between 1612 and 1637). Isfahan (Iran), 1958. [...]
6734-16 DG
Detail of an Apsara (western entrance lodge, northern tower, western facade, south panel), 12th [...]
81958-2 DG
The Patuxai (Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph, built from 1957 to 1969), war monument for the [...]
72904-3 DG
Airview of the virgin forest between Bonaké and Abidjan. Ivory Coast (Black Africa), 1963. [...]
34315-1 DG
Names and prints of famous movie stars in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Hollywood (Los [...]
19929-2 DG
Interior of El Ghriba synagogue. Hara Sghira (Tunisia), February 1965. Photograph by Hélène [...]
19928-4 DG
Old woman. Island of Saint-Barthelemy (French West Indies). 1959. Photograph by Hélène [...]
19928-3 DG
Old woman making palm leaf hats. Island of Saint-Barthélemy (French West Indies), 1959. Photograph [...]
18687-7 DG
Woman selling durians. Saigon (Vietnam), January 1964. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
14027-4 DG
The Broadway Theatre District, towards the 50th Street. New York (United States), December 1955. [...]
13327-9 DG
Children playing soccer in front of the Santa Maria of Alhambra church. Granada (Spain), January [...]
13292-4 DG
Photographer working in front the entrance of the basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, near Mexico [...]
12520-5 DG
Ice-cream vendor. Paludo (Salamis Island, Greece), May 1952. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
11306-21 DG
View of the East River and the Queensboro Bridge from a window of the headquarters of the United [...]
11293-13 DG
Sign of the Western Skies Hotel, near Albuquerque (New-Mexico, United States), April 1964. [...]
8937-4 DG
Soldiers of Fidel Castro's inner circle, on the Cuban Independence Day. Havana (Cuba), on February [...]
7822-8 DG
Window of a massage salon. Tokyo (Japan), March 1962. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
7404-8 DG
Ghorfa, traditional vaulted home. Medenine (Tunisia), February 1965. Photograph by Hélène [...]
7024-10 DG
Woman from the Atayal tribe with a traditional musical instrument. Taiwan, 1962. Photograph by [...]
6981-12 DG
Newspaper seller. Taipei (Taiwan). 1962. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6966-2 DG
Docker on the port of Madras (Tamil Nâdu, India). 1961. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
6964-10 DG
Rickshaws. Pondicherry (India), 1961. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6964-6 DG
Quays near the harbour of Pondicherry (India), 1961. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6956-15 DG
Pilgrim. Benares (Uttar Pradesh, India). 1961. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6956-8 DG
The Howrah, bridge on the Hooghly River. Calcutta (Bengal, India). 1961. Photograph by Hélène [...]
6950-6 DG
Bear tamer near Agrâ (Uttar Pradesh, India). 1961. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6917-9 DG
Women making kimonos : the drying process. Kyoto (Japan), March 1962. Photograph by Hélène [...]
6917-8 DG
Buddha made of golden wood at Sanjusangen-do temple. Kyoto (Japan), March 1962. Photograph by [...]
6902-3 DG
Female bus ticket inspectors and travellers near Kawaguchi (Japan), March 1962. Photograph by [...]
6892-8 DG
Rice bales and sake barrels labeled with the names of their donors, in front of the Chion-in [...]
6889-15 DG
Second cataract of the Nile River. Sudan (Africa). 1955. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
6889-11 DG
Children. Ngor (Senegal), 1963. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6889-6 DG
Place de l'Indépendance. Dakar (Senegal), 1963. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6885-1 DG
Coca-Cola advertising poster. Johannesburg (South Africa), 1966. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
6884-9 DG
The Maboukor tribe. South Africa, 1966. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6884-1 DG
Street scene. Johannesburg (South Africa), 1966. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
6774-11 DG
Stern of the "SS France" liner, March 1972. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985) and Jean [...]
6577-13 DG
Group of musicians in front of a bar. Veracruz (Mexico), February 1956. Photograph by Hélène [...]
6577-8 DG
Schoolboys standing on a path bordered with euphorbias. Mexico, March 1956. Photograph by Hélène [...]
5626-9 DG
The Saint-Kitts airfield (former Saint Christopher Island). British West Indies, February 1959. [...]
5399-1 DG
Desert. Wadi Halfa (Sudan), February 1955. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
5397-2 DG
Barber and hairdresser. Bobo-Dioulasso (French Upper Volta, present Burkina Faso), February 1963. [...]
5396-2 DG
Boy playing the tom tom. Bouaké (Ivory Coast), February 1963. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
5391-14 DG
Balcony of the Khalifa. Omdurman (Sudan), January 1966. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
5391-8 DG
Family portrait. Lambaréné (Gabon), March 1966. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985) and [...]
5386-18 DG
The Tomb of Askia Mohammad I (1443-1538)). Cut pyramid in dried mud (banco) with wooden armatures. [...]
5358-9 DG
Sugarcane harvest near Ducos (Martinique, France), February 1959. Photograph by Hélène [...]
5237-19 DG
Native mother and children in their hut. Inini territory (French Guiana), March 1969. Photograph by [...]
5235-8 DG
Fisherman mending his nets. Fond Lahaye (Martinique, France), February 1959. Photograph by Hélène [...]
5226-3 DG
Old woman and child. Darwin (Australia), February 1964. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
3332-15 DG
Children looking into a shop protected from the sun by some wrapping paper. Malaga (Spain), January [...]
1513-1 DG
Customer of a drive-through. Los Angeles (California, United States), 1964. Photograph by Hélène [...]
1252-5 DG
Haitian dancers. Haiti, March 1959. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985).
1242-4 DG
Desert in the South, after Tataouine. Tunisia, February 1965. Photograph by Hélène Roger-Viollet [...]
86338-20 DG
Hélène Roger-Viollet (1901-1985), French photographer, at the top of the Temple of Bel, [...]