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The construction of the Paris ring road by Jean-Claude Gautrand

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Brothels
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Brothels
Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)

Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
2026, 50 years since the death of André Malraux

2026, 50 years since the death of André Malraux
The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911

The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911
Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot
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<span style="font-size:80%">GASTON PARIS <br />The Balanced Square</span>
© Roger-Viollet

From October 2, 2025 to January 17, 2026

GASTON PARIS
The Balanced Square

Gaston Paris (1903-1964) is a unique figure in 20th-century photography. His offbeat and precise eye captures atmospheres that sometimes evoke cinema. His square frames are filled to perfection, always with elegance. Following an initial exhibition in 2022 held simultaneously with the Paris Centre Pompidou, the Galerie Roger-Viollet is now presenting 58 previously unseen modern prints.

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The Roger-Viollet Gallery welcomes you from Tuesday to Saturday
from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Free admission.

6 rue de Seine 75006 Paris
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Spotlight

  • Buttes-Chaumont Park

    Buttes-Chaumont Park

  • The construction of the Paris ring road by Jean-Claude Gautrand

    The construction of the Paris ring road by Jean-Claude Gautrand

  • Liliane Bettencourt, "The richest woman in the world"

    Liliane Bettencourt, "The richest woman in the world"

  • Janine Niepce, new digitisation

    Janine Niepce, new digitisation

  • Paul Poiret by Boris Lipnitzki

    Paul Poiret by Boris Lipnitzki

  • Death of Sly Stone (1943-2025)

    Death of Sly Stone (1943-2025)

  • Les Halles de Paris to mark the 220th anniversary of Victor Baltard's birth in 2025

    Les Halles de Paris to mark the 220th anniversary of Victor Baltard's birth in 2025

  • 40th anniversary of the death of Hélène Roger-Viollet on 27 January 2025

    40th anniversary of the death of Hélène Roger-Viollet on 27 January 2025

  • Brigitte Bardot

    Brigitte Bardot

  • 2025, centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth

    2025, centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth

  • Montessori pedagogy

    Montessori pedagogy

  • 50 years ago Marcel Pagnol passed away

    50 years ago Marcel Pagnol passed away

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Exhibition rentals
22-4 © Boris Lipnitzki / Studio Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet

Exhibitions

Exhibition rentals

For your cultural events, we propose a choice of turnkey exhibitions, or to explore together our exceptional photographic archives for the production of made-to-measure projects.

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Our Photographers

  • André Zucca

    André Zucca

    André Zucca was born in Paris in 1897. He started his career as a photographer in the 1920's, working for theatre magazine "Comoedia". From 1935 to 1937, he contributed to various French and foreign [...]

  • Léopold Mercier

    Léopold Mercier

    Beginning in the 1880s, Léopold Mercier had a profitable business in Paris and Cabourg as a photographer and editor producing photographic reproductions of art works and publishing works such as "The [...]

  • Laure Albin Guillot

    Laure Albin Guillot

    Born in 1879, Laure Albin Guillot is remarkable for her longevity and the variety of her work. Married to a scientist, she invented the term “micrography” in the 1920s, referring to her photographs [...]

  • Dominique Darbois

    Dominique Darbois

    By the age of 16, Dominique Darbois joined the French Resistance through the Cincinnati network. After being interned as a Jew at the Drancy camp from 1942 to 1944, she took part in the liberation of [...]

  • Boris Lipnitzki

    Boris Lipnitzki

    Born in Ukraine, in Oster near Odessa in 1887, came to live in Paris in 1921. There he met Paul Poiret who introduced him to this clientele, set up his first studio and began a career as an up and [...]

  • Léon Claude Vénézia

    Léon Claude Vénézia

    Both humanist and poetic, Léon Claude Vénézia’s photographs take us to the East of Paris and its suburbs. Born in 1941, he immortalized the big transformations in architecture and society occurred [...]

  • Georges Kelaïditès

    Georges Kelaïditès

    Born in 1932, Georges Kelaïditès started his career as photo assistant in the early 1950’s. He bought his first SLR camera in 1955 and the very same year sold his first photograph to the magazine [...]

  • Jean-Louis Courtinat

    Jean-Louis Courtinat

    "For over thirty years Jean-Louis Courtinat has been developing a unique collection exclusively devoted to social photography. As a militant photographer, he bases his work on a true solidarity [...]

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    History of France

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    Insolite

  • Artist portraits

    Artist portraits

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    Rural life and villages in France

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    Dance & Opera

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    Cinema

  • Marville & Atget

    Marville & Atget

  • Music

    Music

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  • What uses can I make of the images on the Roger-Viollet website ?

    If you wish to use our images for professional use, public representation or commercial use (e.g. decoration of stores, hotels or other public places, exhibitions, etc.) or to reproduce them in a magazine, publication, film or documentary, on a commercial or institutional website, etc., you must obtain prior authorization and pay for the rights of use. You can request a quote here.

  • Are all the photos from the Roger-Viollet collection and the France-Soir collection digitized and visible on your website ?

    An important part of the Roger-Viollet collection (6 million documents) and the France-Soir collection (1 million photos) is already accessible online. We are constantly digitizing and indexing tens of thousands of new images that are constantly being added to the roger-viollet.fr site on a daily basis.

  • What type of license is attached to Roger-Viollet images ?

    "The images on the Roger-Viollet website are under a Rights Managed license, which implies that each use is unique. The scope of the license is based on several factors such as the media, the position and size of the image, the duration of use, the territory of distribution, etc.
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  • What is the fee for images for professional use ?

    The fee for our images depends on the use you are going to make of them. It is calculated according to several criteria such as the media, the position and the size of the image, the duration of use, the territory of diffusion, etc.
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