Photographer

Gaston Paris

76273-26 © Gaston Paris / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
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Né en 1903, Gaston Paris est dès les années 1930 l'un des piliers de l'hebdomadaire Vu fondé en 1928 par Lucien Vogel. Seul salarié parmi les photographes, il partage les pages du magazine avec Laure Albin-Guillot, Germaine Krull, André Kertész, Martin Munkacsi, Man Ray ou Robert Capa. Il multiplie les reportages : exposition de 1937, sport, chanson, théâtre, le chantier du nouveau Trocadéro... etc. Aux côtés de cette production classique d'un reporter photographe de l'époque, il livre de nombreux petits reportages étranges et personnels, aux inspirations surréalistes : "Fleurs sans parfum, parfum de toutes les fleurs" (1937), "Le Radium originel vient d'entrer dans sa 26ème année" (1937). Il excelle dans les mises en scènes bizarres et devient l'un des collaborateurs attitré du magazine Détective de la fin des années 1930 aux années 1950 ; entre horreur et Grand Guignol il y reconstitue des drames peuplés de gangsters et de vamps. Il meurt à Paris en 1964. Rachetées par l'Agence Roger-Viollet peu après la disparition du photographe, les 15.000 photographies de Gaston Paris permettent de suivre l'évolution de son regard, de saisir sa familiarité avec ses modèles, Simenon, Cocteau, Jouvet ou Piaf, et de découvrir les charmes des concours de maillots de bain à la piscine Molitor, ceux des coulisses des Folies Bergère ou des ateliers d'Yves Brayer et de Moïse Kisling.

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Roger-Viollet | 1372560 | The Chalais-Meudon aerodynamic wind tunnel, built from 1932 to 1934 by the engineer Lepresle. Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), 1936. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
203744-2 DG
The Chalais-Meudon aerodynamic wind tunnel, built from 1932 to 1934 by the engineer Lepresle. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1105711 | Circus artist. Fairground artist. France, around 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
112368-22 DG
Circus artist. Fairground artist. France, around 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1096208 | Austerlitz Viaduct. Paris, around 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
112362-5 DG
Austerlitz Viaduct. Paris, around 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1086136 | Child in a suburb of Paris. France, 1936. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13660-9 DG
Child in a suburb of Paris. France, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1084869 | Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. Paris (4th arrondissement). Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964). Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris. | © Gaston Paris / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
76273-26 DG
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. Paris (4th arrondissement). Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964). [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1081214 | Dressing room of the Folies Bergère. Paris, 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
20295-1 DG
Dressing room of the Folies Bergère. Paris, 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1063960 | Re-enactment of a crime scene. Composition by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14227-12 DG
Re-enactment of a crime scene. Composition by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1050080 | Nude dancers with a snake. Paris, circa 1937-1939. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13690-2 DG
Nude dancers with a snake. Paris, circa 1937-1939.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1036158 | Sculpted bust of Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish actress, about to be sent in the United States. Paris (9th arrondissement), Grévin Wax Museum, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
99797-20 DG
Sculpted bust of Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish actress, about to be sent in the United States. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1031390 | Study of a nude. France, circa 1937-1939. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13690-7 DG
Study of a nude. France, circa 1937-1939.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1030845 | Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13643-7 DG
Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1022038 | Striptease:  the robot . France, circa 1937. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
99817-26 DG
Striptease: "the robot". France, circa 1937.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1015543 | Exhibition of surrealism. Mannequin by Kurt Seligmann. Galerie des Beaux-Arts of Georges Wildenstein, 140, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Paris (8th district), January 1938. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
665-2 DG
Exhibition of surrealism. Mannequin by Kurt Seligmann. Galerie des Beaux-Arts of Georges [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1007726 | Aerial view of the Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre. Paris (18th Arr.), 1936. Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964). Historical Library of the City of Paris. | © Gaston Paris / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
76307-9 DG
Aerial view of the Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre. Paris (18th Arr.), 1936. Photograph by Gaston Paris [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1001547 | Royflex advertisement. Posed by Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
71711-7 DG
Royflex advertisement. Posed by Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer.
 
Roger-Viollet | 979516 | Home of André Dignimont (1891-1965), French painter. Paris, circa 1940. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
86908-1 DG
Home of André Dignimont (1891-1965), French painter. Paris, circa 1940.
 
Roger-Viollet | 968860 | Communicant girl. France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
99816-17 DG
Communicant girl. France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 959452 | Women at a fun fair. France, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13648-11 DG
Women at a fun fair. France, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 946051 | Line Renaud (born in 1928), French singer and actress, at the Jonchère. Rueil-Malmaison (France), circa 1955. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
82571-18 DG
Line Renaud (born in 1928), French singer and actress, at the Jonchère. Rueil-Malmaison (France), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 937018 | Closing of a café. Paris, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
1160-1 DG
Closing of a café. Paris, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 925477 | Worker on a construction site. France, 1938. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
3992-7 DG
Worker on a construction site. France, 1938.
 
Roger-Viollet | 922939 | Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
15317-1 DG
Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer.
 
Roger-Viollet | 891866 |  La Créole , operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Josephine Baker. Paris, Théâtre Marigny, December 1934. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
9059-10 DG
"La Créole", operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Josephine Baker. Paris, Théâtre Marigny, December 1934.
 
Roger-Viollet | 867210 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), French director. Paris, circa 1955. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
6030-6 DG
Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), French director. Paris, circa 1955.
 
Roger-Viollet | 864694 | Benedictine monk in a corridor of the abbey. Saint-Wandrille (France). | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
5060-4 DG
Benedictine monk in a corridor of the abbey. Saint-Wandrille (France).
 
Roger-Viollet | 854434 | Henri Salvador (1917-2008), French singer-songwriter. France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14746-15 DG
Henri Salvador (1917-2008), French singer-songwriter. France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 842519 | Exhibition on surrealism. Model by Sonia Mossé (1917-1943). Galerie des Beaux-Arts de Georges Wildenstein, 140 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Paris (8th arrondissement), January 1938. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13039-11 DG
Exhibition on surrealism. Model by Sonia Mossé (1917-1943). Galerie des Beaux-Arts de Georges [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 837316 | Children in a suburb of Paris. France, 1936. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13660-11 DG
Children in a suburb of Paris. France, 1936.
 
Roger-Viollet | 826086 | Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Exodus of the Republicans in France, February 1939. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
3570-6 DG
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Exodus of the Republicans in France, February 1939.
 
Roger-Viollet | 825301 | Nightmare. Photograph by Gaston Paris for  La Clef des Songes . France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14221-12 DG
Nightmare. Photograph by Gaston Paris for "La Clef des Songes". France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 810803 | Circus : trapeze artists. France, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13645-6 DG
Circus : trapeze artists. France, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 807197 | Boxing match. France, circa 1937-1938. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13614-16 DG
Boxing match. France, circa 1937-1938.
 
Roger-Viollet | 805237 | Variety show at the Folies-Bergère. Paris (9th arrondissement), circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13688-7 DG
Variety show at the Folies-Bergère. Paris (9th arrondissement), circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 772559 | Poor children in a hovel in the suburbs of Paris, in the 1950's. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
2247-2 DG
Poor children in a hovel in the suburbs of Paris, in the 1950's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 768478 | Young man. France, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14244-7 DG
Young man. France, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 767433 | Mirror effect on a sphere. Photograph by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14221-3 DG
Mirror effect on a sphere. Photograph by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 729343 | Circus. Blade show. France, circa 1935. Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964). | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
86900-7 DG
Circus. Blade show. France, circa 1935. Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964).
 
Roger-Viollet | 711439 | Edith Georges (1931-1981), French actress, singer and dancer. France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14171-8 DG
Edith Georges (1931-1981), French actress, singer and dancer. France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 693380 | Re-enactment of a crime scene. Composition by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14391-3 DG
Re-enactment of a crime scene. Composition by Gaston Paris. France, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 689853 | The Eiffel Tower. Paris (7th arrondissement), circa 1945. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
99805-22 DG
The Eiffel Tower. Paris (7th arrondissement), circa 1945.
 
Roger-Viollet | 685812 | Reconstruction of a brawl scene. France, circa 1950. Photograph by Gaston Paris. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
14258-15 DG
Reconstruction of a brawl scene. France, circa 1950. Photograph by Gaston Paris.
 
Roger-Viollet | 656143 | Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer, taking a picture of the distorted reflection of a roundabout in a spherical mirror. France, circa 1937. Photograph by Gaston Paris (1903-1964). | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
9218-2 DG
Gaston Paris (1903-1964), French photographer, taking a picture of the distorted reflection of a [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 644002 | Brigitte Bardot (born in 1934), French actress. France, circa 1954-1955. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
13881-13 DG
Brigitte Bardot (born in 1934), French actress. France, circa 1954-1955.
 
Roger-Viollet | 632943 | The Chalais-Meudon aerodynamic wind tunnel, built from 1932 to 1934 by the engineer Lepresle. Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), 1936. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
86921-22 DG
The Chalais-Meudon aerodynamic wind tunnel, built from 1932 to 1934 by the engineer Lepresle. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 629484 | Couple. Paris, circa 1950. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
5014-6 DG
Couple. Paris, circa 1950.
 
Roger-Viollet | 627045 | Reportag on Albert Préjean (1894-1979), French actor. The Eiffel Tower. Paris (7th arrondissement), circa 1955. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
82567-23 DG
Reportag on Albert Préjean (1894-1979), French actor. The Eiffel Tower. Paris (7th arrondissement), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 619811 |  Volpone  by Jules Romains, after Ben Jonson. Charles Dullin. Paris, Théâtre de l'Atelier, September 1937. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
81908-28 DG
"Volpone" by Jules Romains, after Ben Jonson. Charles Dullin. Paris, Théâtre de l'Atelier, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 614564 | Grévin museum. Wax figure of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born physicist and theoretician. Paris (9th arrondissement), circa 1930. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
99796-17 DG
Grévin museum. Wax figure of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born physicist and theoretician. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 614180 | Factory chimney. Paris, around 1935. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
86932-3 DG
Factory chimney. Paris, around 1935.
 
Roger-Viollet | 599666 | Surrealism exhibition. Dummy by Maurice Henry. Paris (8th arrondissement), Galerie des Beaux-Arts, 140 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, January 1938. | © Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
667-4 DG
Surrealism exhibition. Dummy by Maurice Henry. Paris (8th arrondissement), Galerie des Beaux-Arts, [...]