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Georges Azenstarck

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Born in 1934, the committed photo-reporter Georges Azenstarck worked for the French newspaper « L'Humanité » from 1956 to 1968, and for the trade union press. He photographed picket lines, cities, shantytowns and the daily life of immigrants. His work is a remarkable testimony to French social and working class life. On October 17, 1961 in Paris, he witnessed the murderous repression of peaceful Algerian demonstrators by the police force, decided by Prefect Maurice Papon. For fear of censorship, his images were not immediately published. They will be useful, as will his testimony at the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997. "Jojo" or Georges Azenstarck, born Georges Leferfort, died on September 2nd, 2020 in Marseille (France). His photographs are exclusively distributed by the Roger-Viollet Agency.

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Roger-Viollet | 180860 | Migrant workers at the Remetal factory. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57378-6 DG
Migrant workers at the Remetal factory. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983.
 
Roger-Viollet | 442133 | Portuguese immigrants in a shanty town. Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1966-1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57377-2 DG
Portuguese immigrants in a shanty town. Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1966-1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 192757 | Migrant workers at the Remetal manufacture. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57379-2 DG
Migrant workers at the Remetal manufacture. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983.
 
Roger-Viollet | 746487 | Migrant workers on strike at the Remetal factory. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57377-14 DG
Migrant workers on strike at the Remetal factory. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), 1983.
 
Roger-Viollet | 285553 | Strike-picket at the Citroën car manufacture. Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis, 1984. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57380-1 DG
Strike-picket at the Citroën car manufacture. Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis, 1984.
 
Roger-Viollet | 270555 | Hairdresser working in the shanty town of a Portuguese community. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), 1964. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61083-13 DG
Hairdresser working in the shanty town of a Portuguese community. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 527571 | Man from a Portuguese community living in a shanty town. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61086-10 DG
Man from a Portuguese community living in a shanty town. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 657222 | Young woman of the Portuguese community in a shanty town. La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
60699-1 DG
Young woman of the Portuguese community in a shanty town. La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 303552 | Workers going home. Saint-Denis (France), circa 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61083-14 DG
Workers going home. Saint-Denis (France), circa 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 714296 | Alphabetisation lesson for migrant workers. France, 1980's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-9 DG
Alphabetisation lesson for migrant workers. France, 1980's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 348505 | Alphabetisation lesson for migrant workers. France, 1980's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-8 DG
Alphabetisation lesson for migrant workers. France, 1980's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 625085 | Gypsies. Paris, 1966. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61088-2 DG
Gypsies. Paris, 1966.
 
Roger-Viollet | 524562 | Mailboxes in a shanty town. Saint-Denis (France). 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61087-6 DG
Mailboxes in a shanty town. Saint-Denis (France). 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 361304 | Portuguese community in a shanty town before its destruction. Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57376-18 DG
Portuguese community in a shanty town before its destruction. Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 692377 | Portuguese community in a shanty town. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-2 DG
Portuguese community in a shanty town. Champigny-sur-Marne (France), 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 895155 | Francs-Moisins slum, nowadays known as Le Franc-Moisin, a district of Saint-Denis, partly destroyed by a fire. Saint-Denis (France), April 1976. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61083-18 DG
Francs-Moisins slum, nowadays known as Le Franc-Moisin, a district of Saint-Denis, partly destroyed [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 991515 | Portuguese community, destruction of a shanty town. La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1967. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57376-13 DG
Portuguese community, destruction of a shanty town. La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), 1967.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1020627 | Immigrant workers' housing. 1968. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-4 DG
Immigrant workers' housing. 1968.
 
Roger-Viollet | 734940 | Home for migrant workers. France, 1968. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-3 DG
Home for migrant workers. France, 1968.
 
Roger-Viollet | 426957 | Carriages of the SNCF, French railway company, used as homes for migrant workers. Soisy-sous-Montmorency (France), 1970's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61083-3 DG
Carriages of the SNCF, French railway company, used as homes for migrant workers. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 432131 | Algerian migrant workers at the Renault car manufacture. Boulogne-Billancourt (France), 1980's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
57376-8 DG
Algerian migrant workers at the Renault car manufacture. Boulogne-Billancourt (France), 1980's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 453688 | Portuguese migrant workers arriving at the Gare d'Austerlitz train station. Paris, 1970's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61085-4 DG
Portuguese migrant workers arriving at the Gare d'Austerlitz train station. Paris, 1970's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 931075 | Waiting room for immigrant workers at Austerlitz station. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1970's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-17 DG
Waiting room for immigrant workers at Austerlitz station. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1970's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 396159 | Funeral of the 21 Moroccan miners following the firedamp explosion in the Avion mine, near Lens (France). February 1965. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61088-6 DG
Funeral of the 21 Moroccan miners following the firedamp explosion in the Avion mine, near Lens [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 938076 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Arrests. Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46478-4 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 533536 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46478-3 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 255507 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Arrests of Algerians and dead people on the pavement. Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46478-12 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 481087 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
56790-1 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 490543 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Arrests of Algerians and dead people on the pavement. Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46478-5 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 514732 | African migrant roadsweeper in the districts of Belleville and Ménilmontant, Paris, 1970's. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61085-18 DG
African migrant roadsweeper in the districts of Belleville and Ménilmontant, Paris, 1970's.
 
Roger-Viollet | 728779 | Events of May-June 1968. Demonstration at the headquarters of the newspaper L''Humanité . Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46976-1 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Demonstration at the headquarters of the newspaper "L''Humanité". Paris, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 818334 | May-June 1968 events. Workers from the Citroën car factory voting for the renewal of the strike. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-3 DG
May-June 1968 events. Workers from the Citroën car factory voting for the renewal of the strike. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1025249 | May-June 1968 events. Georges Marchais, Waldeck Rochet and Jacques Duclos, French politiicians, during a demonstration. Paris, on May 29, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-12 DG
May-June 1968 events. Georges Marchais, Waldeck Rochet and Jacques Duclos, French politiicians, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 583255 | May-June 1968 events. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
50307-19 DG
May-June 1968 events. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934).
 
Roger-Viollet | 865480 | Events of May-June 1968. Strike at La Fibre Diamond factory. Saint-Denis (France), May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
50305-1 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Strike at La Fibre Diamond factory. Saint-Denis (France), May 1968. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1050644 | May-June 1968 events. Sale of copies of La Vie Ouvrière , official weekly newspaper of the CGT union (Confédération Générale du travail, General Confederation of Labour), at the Citroën car factory. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46976-4 DG
May-June 1968 events. Sale of copies of "La Vie Ouvrière", official weekly newspaper of the CGT [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 908660 | May-June 1968 events. Demonstration organized by the CGT union (Confédération Générale du travail, General Confederation of Labour). Paris, on May 29, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-15 DG
May-June 1968 events. Demonstration organized by the CGT union (Confédération Générale du travail, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 325148 | May-June 1968 events. Speech of Henri Krasucki (1924-2003), from the CGT (Confédération Générale du travail, General Confederation of Labour), during a rally at the Citroën car manufacture. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-5 DG
May-June 1968 events. Speech of Henri Krasucki (1924-2003), from the CGT (Confédération Générale du [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 985281 | May-June 1968 events. Demonstration for the 40-hour working week with no loss in pay. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-1 DG
May-June 1968 events. Demonstration for the 40-hour working week with no loss in pay. Paris, May [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 426261 | Negotiations between the representatives of the government during the Grenelle agreements at the Ministry of Labour. Georges Pompidou (Prime Minister), Edouard Balladur (Prime Minister''s adviser) and Jean-Marcel Jeanneney (Minister for Social Affairs). Paris, May 25-26, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46520-5 DG
Negotiations between the representatives of the government during the Grenelle agreements at the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 828875 | Events of May-June 1968. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Negotiations between the representatives of Georges Pompidou''s cabinet (Prime Minister), Jean-Marcel Jeanneney (Minister of Social Affairs), and Jacques Chirac (junion minister for Social Affairs, in charge of Employment) and the representatives of the unions. On the right for the CGT : Georges Séguy, André Berteloot, René Buhl, Henri Krasucki and Jean-Louis Moynot. Ministry of Labour. Paris, on May 25-26, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46520-3 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Negotiations between the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 239272 | May-June 1968 events. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Georges Séguy (representative of the CGT, Confédération Générale du travail, General Confederation of Labour) and Benoît Frachon (general secretary of the CGT) answering the journalists in the courtyard of the Ministry of Labour. Paris, on May 26, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46975-4 DG
May-June 1968 events. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Georges Séguy (representative of [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 713629 | Events of May-June 1968. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Georges Séguy (representative of the CGT, Confédération Générale du travail, General Confederation of Labour) and Benoît Frachon (general secretary of the CGT) answering the journalists in the courtyard of the Ministry of Labour. Paris, on May 26, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46520-2 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Accords de Grenelle (Grenelle Agreements). Georges Séguy (representative [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1039723 | Events of May-June 1968. Striking workers from the Citroën car factory and their families, at the Théâtre Gérard-Philipe for a free performance. Saint-Denis (France), on May 25, 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
50304-19 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Striking workers from the Citroën car factory and their families, at the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 763944 | Events of May-June 1968. Striking workers playing badminton at the Citroën car factory, quai de Javel. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
50305-2 DG
Events of May-June 1968. Striking workers playing badminton at the Citroën car factory, quai de [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 784902 | May-June 1968 events. Striking workers from the Citroën car factory, quai de Javel. Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Georges Azenstarck (born in 1934). | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
50307-7 DG
May-June 1968 events. Striking workers from the Citroën car factory, quai de Javel. Paris, May [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 825042 | North-African migrant workers using a pneumatic drill. Paris, 1972. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61085-13 DG
North-African migrant workers using a pneumatic drill. Paris, 1972.
 
Roger-Viollet | 589569 | North-African migrant workers from a building company reading leaflets from the General Confederation of Labour union (Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT). Paris, 1972. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61085-11 DG
North-African migrant workers from a building company reading leaflets from the General [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 986676 | Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the independence of Algeria. The police repression led by Maurice Papon was called Massacre of October 17, 1961 and the violences against the Algerian demonstrators were ratonnades (racist attacks). Paris, on October 17, 1961. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
46478-9 DG
Peaceful demonstration set up by the the Algerian National Liberation Front in favour of the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 598692 | Workers on strike at the Citroën factory. Aulnay-sous-Bois (France), 1984. | © Georges Azenstarck / Roger-Viollet
61084-15 DG
Workers on strike at the Citroën factory. Aulnay-sous-Bois (France), 1984.