Born in 1904, Roger Schall was a globally renowned photographer in the 1930’s and ‘40’s. He worked in all photographic disciplines including fashion, portraits, nudes and still lives but the majority of his work was reportage. He began working with his father, a portrait photographer, in 1918 and was one of the first photojournalists to start shooting with Leica and Rolleiflex cameras. His first publications were noticed by the major press in 1932 and from then on he was regularly given assignments by them. His studio in Montmartre, created with his brother in 1931, became a photo agency and handled images that were published by the most world-famous magazines: “Vu”, “Vogue”, “L’illustration”, “Picture Post”, “Bystander”, “Life”, “Paris-Match”…, representing 150 covers and 10,000 printed photos. The agency closed due to the general mobilization of 1939. Once demobilized, Roger Schall returned to Paris to photograph daily life under the German occupation through to the Liberation of Paris in 1945. Post-war to the 1970’s he continued working in fashion and focused mainly on commercial and publicity work instead of photojournalism. Until his death, in 1995, Roger Schall managed his own archives. Roger-Viollet distributes now his photographs of Paris that are housed at the Musée Carnavalet.
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Fashion. Women wearing coats, looking at a US soldier. Paris, 1945. Photograph by Roger Schall [...]
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Woman selling newspapers "The Herald Tribune" with the headline "War is Over", boulevard de la [...]
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Young woman and US soldiers on a merry-go-round in front of the Moulin Rouge, place Blanche. Paris [...]
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Iena bridge and Eiffel Tower in the mist. Paris (7th arrondissement), 1937. Photograph by Roger [...]
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Tugboat on the Seine river, barges, view on the dome of the French Institute and the pont des Arts, [...]
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Advertising neon signs at the Richelieu-Drouot crossroads with cars and metro entrance. Paris (9th [...]
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Ice-cream vendor at the Palais Garnier. Horse, Paris (9th arrondissement). 1934. Photograph by [...]
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Child in a "baby jeep" pedal car giving the V-sign to a soldier of the Military Police, writing a [...]
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World War II. Harlem in Montmartre, US soldiers in a café. Paris (18th arrondissement), 1945. [...]
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Two policemen on the avenue des Champs-Elysées. Paris (8th arrondissement), 1945. Photograph by [...]
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Three soldiers of the Military Police, standing guard, in front of the cabaret "la fête foraine", [...]
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World War II. Group of US soldiers looking at the Eiffel Tower, at the Trocadéro. Paris (VIIth, [...]
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World War II. US soldiers leaning on a post box, boulevard Rochechouart. Paris (Xth and XVIIIth [...]
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Young people carrying French, American and British flags, at a celebration in front of the Arc de [...]
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US soldiers and French women wearing dresses with the colours of the French and American flags, in [...]
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World War II. Man and woman wearing helmets, setting up a barricade in front of a bakery selling [...]
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On the underground platform, German soldiers and a man carrying a chair, underground station, [...]
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World War II. Wedding procession, rue Caulaincourt. Paris (18th arrondissement), 1943. Photograph [...]
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German officer and civilian at the end of the avenue des Champs-Elysées, near signs indicating [...]
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World War II. German soldier and young woman flirting, place du Trocadéro. View on the Eiffel [...]
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The arcade on the rue de Rivoli, the bookshop Smith now "Frontbuchhandlung", nazi flags, rue de [...]
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World War II. Young girl carrying bread on skis, windmill in a snowy street, Montmartre, Paris [...]
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A windmill and a street in the snow, Montmartre, Paris (18th arrondissement). 1941. Photograph by [...]
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World War II. Flower market at All Saints, view on the Conciergerie from the quai de Gesvres and [...]
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World War II. Sleeping at the concert of the Wehrmacht, audience in the Tuileries garden, Paris [...]
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World War II. Philatelists at the stamp market, avenue Matignon, Paris (8th arrondissement), 1940. [...]
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World War II. Reserved stand, "Reservierter Platz für deutsche Soldaten", Auteuil racecourse, Paris [...]
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World War II. German soldiers painting, rue du Mont-Cenis, Montmartre, Paris (18th arrondissement). [...]
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World War II. German female soldiers in front of a display of scarves, Printemps department store, [...]
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World War II. Porter at the Halles market. Paris (1st arrondissement), 1940. Photograph by Roger [...]
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Two children playing with a boat in the pond of the Tuileries Garden. Paris (1st arrondissement), [...]
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Gypsies. Woman with her children. Saint-Ouen (France), 1938. Photograph by Roger Schall [...]
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Fishermen. View of the Eiffel Tower and the Alexandre-III bridge, port des Champs-Elysées. Paris [...]
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Strollers, avenue de Tokyo (present avenue de New-York). Paris (16th arrondissement), 1938. [...]
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Delivery at the Halles market. Paris (1st arrondissement), 1938. Photograph by Roger Schall [...]
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Gates of the Tuileries park. Paris (1st arrondissement), 1938. Photograph by Roger Schall [...]
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Woman with her baby in a room unfit for habitation. Paris (11th arrondissement), 1937. Photograph [...]
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"Détective musée, la rue de la Joie", wax statues of prostitutes. Paris, 1937. Photograph by Roger [...]
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Mounted police, view on the palaces by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Hôtel Crillon) and the Madeleine [...]
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Dog market on Sundays. Old woman with a puppy, rue de Vaugirard. Paris (15th arrondissement), 1937. [...]
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Passers-by at the roundabout of the Champs-Elysées. Paris (8th arrondissement), 1937. Photograph by [...]
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Men having a drink at the goatherds' café. Paris, 1937. Photograph by Roger Schall (1904-1995). [...]
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"La croix de l'Evangile" and gasometers, at the corner of the rue d'Aubervilliers and the rue de [...]
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Bus driving under the arcade of the Louvre (palace and museum), Paris (1st arrondissement). 1937. [...]
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The metro bridge and the barges, quai d'Ivry, Paris (XII-XIIIth arrondissements). 1937. Photograph [...]
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Female pump attendant filling a car petrol tank, boulevard Haussmann. Paris (9th arrondissement). [...]
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Children and donkeys at the Luxembourg Garden. Paris (6th arrondissement), 1936. Photograph by [...]
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Old man smoking pipe in front of the station that provides help to drowning persons, la Villette [...]
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Fisherman on his rowing boat, under the Pont-Neuf, Paris (Ist and VIth arrondissement). 1936. [...]
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Three men in front of the porte Saint-Denis, boulevard Saint-Denis, Paris (10th arrondissement). [...]