Photographer

Léon Claude Vénézia

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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 from the late 1960’s to the 1980’s, from Belleville to Drancy, and from Ménilmontant to Bobigny. Outstanding colorist, he composes happy representations of a popular Paris where children, immigrants, craftsmen and street jobs mix. The Roger-Viollet photo agency has been exclusively presenting a selection of his photographs since June 2013.

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Roger-Viollet | 719642 | Streetsweeper, rue du Roi-Doré. Paris (3rd arrondissement), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Streetsweeper, rue du Roi-Doré. Paris (3rd arrondissement), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia [...]
Roger-Viollet | 408430 | Conversation between a customer and the owners of a bar, rue de la Mare. Paris (20th arrondissement), 1967. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Conversation between a customer and the owners of a bar, rue de la Mare. Paris (20th [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 297143 | The tramps' circus. Balance artist. Paris, 1977. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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The tramps' circus. Balance artist. Paris, 1977. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013).
 
Roger-Viollet | 970059 | May Day rally, boulevard Beaumarchais. Paris (3rd arrondissement), on May 1st, 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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May Day rally, boulevard Beaumarchais. Paris (3rd arrondissement), on May 1st, 1970. Photograph by [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 981314 | Rally of militants of the Parti Socialiste Unifié (Unified Socialist Party), for the defence of the Batignolles covered market. Paris (17th arrondissement), October 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Rally of militants of the "Parti Socialiste Unifié" (Unified Socialist Party), for the defence of [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 790793 | Family of gipsies. Montreuil (France), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Family of gipsies. Montreuil (France), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013).
 
Roger-Viollet | 709724 | Family of Gypsies living in a shanty town near the Bobigny prefecture, under construction. Bobigny (France), July 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Family of Gypsies living in a shanty town near the Bobigny prefecture, under construction. Bobigny [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1004285 | Construction of the Bobigny prefecture in the middle of the fields of market gardeners and horticulturists. Yugoslavian workers. Bobigny (France), July 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Bobigny prefecture in the middle of the fields of market gardeners and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 615644 | The Six-Road crossroads. Bobigny-Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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The Six-Road crossroads. Bobigny-Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 963714 | Construction of buildings near a market gardening zone. Bobigny (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77974-7 DG
Construction of buildings near a market gardening zone. Bobigny (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 890320 | Algerian migrant workers in charge of unloading coal dust. Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77974-2 DG
Algerian migrant workers in charge of unloading coal dust. Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by [...]
Roger-Viollet | 462780 | Railwaymen aboard a steam engine. Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Railwaymen aboard a steam engine. Drancy (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 876303 | Construction of the Choux de Créteil , cabbage-shaped buildings, replacing a former market gardening zone. Créteil (France), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77974-5 DG
Construction of the "Choux de Créteil", cabbage-shaped buildings, replacing a former market [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 839760 | Construction of buildings replacing houses and gardens, rue Pierre Semard. Bobigny (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77974-3 DG
Construction of buildings replacing houses and gardens, rue Pierre Semard. Bobigny (France), 1970. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1058917 | Display mannequins in a shop window, boulevard de la Villette. Paris (19th arrondissement), 1972. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Display mannequins in a shop window, boulevard de la Villette. Paris (19th arrondissement), 1972. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 939874 | Tramp on a bench. Paris, 1970's. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Tramp on a bench. Paris, 1970's. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013).
Roger-Viollet | 922587 | Two women wearing the same dress, avenue Ledru-Rollin. Paris (12th arrondissement), circa 1980. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Two women wearing the same dress, avenue Ledru-Rollin. Paris (12th arrondissement), circa 1980. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 370778 | Boy drawing a circle with chalk in the playground of his school. Bobigny (France), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77963-6 DG
Boy drawing a circle with chalk in the playground of his school. Bobigny (France), 1970. Photograph [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 295800 | Rally against Raymond Barre's austerity policy. Paris (12th arrondissement), rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, October 1976. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Rally against Raymond Barre's austerity policy. Paris (12th arrondissement), rue du Faubourg [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 956683 | Young immigrant at the Passage des Mûriers, in the district of Ménilmontant. Paris (20th arrondissement), circa 1966. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
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Young immigrant at the Passage des Mûriers, in the district of Ménilmontant. Paris (20th [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 490984 | Snow on the roofs of furniture workshops, rue Sedaine. Paris (11th arrondissement), 1969. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77963-2 DG
Snow on the roofs of furniture workshops, rue Sedaine. Paris (11th arrondissement), 1969. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 807578 | Former laundry and child running under the arches of the Place des Vosges. Paris (4th arrondissement), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77975-12 DG
Former laundry and child running under the arches of the Place des Vosges. Paris (4th [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 973293 | The place des Vosges under the snow. Paris (4th arrondissement), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77975-14 DG
The place des Vosges under the snow. Paris (4th arrondissement), 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 244421 | Travellers at the Gare du Nord train station. Paris (10th arrondissement), 1975. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77975-5 DG
Travellers at the Gare du Nord train station. Paris (10th arrondissement), 1975. Photograph by Léon [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 614094 | The canal de l'Ourcq at the Porte de la Villette. Paris (19th arrondissement), 1970's. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77975-8 DG
The canal de l'Ourcq at the Porte de la Villette. Paris (19th arrondissement), 1970's. Photograph [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 775393 | Man walking on the former footbridge of the canal de l'Ourcq, passage de Flandre. Paris (19th arrondissement), circa 1968. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77974-29 DG
Man walking on the former footbridge of the canal de l'Ourcq, passage de Flandre. Paris (19th [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 286976 | Secondary school. French lesson. Bobigny (France), October 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia (1941-2013). | © Léon Claude Vénézia / Roger-Viollet
77966-24 DG
Secondary school. French lesson. Bobigny (France), October 1970. Photograph by Léon Claude Vénézia [...]