Patrick Ullmann began to photograph the world of French music and songs in 1961, first at the Studio des Variétés shows and then on the set of the Europe I program Musicorama. Beginning in 1970, he became the official photographer at the Olympia, with his studio and laboratory set up under the stage. From 1965 to 1978 Patrick Ullmann worked closely and sometimes very personally with the great names of French songs such as Charles Trenet, Barbara, Georges Brassens, Léo Ferré and Charles Aznavour, and all the celebrities popular at the time. He was one of the last to leave the mythical theater before its renovation in 1998. His production from the 1960s and 1970s, acquired by Roger-Viollet in 1990, has been completed by a series of portraits of contemporary variety and world music singers--Diam's, Arthur H. Cesaria Evora etc., which were done by the photographer in 2005.
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Coluche (1944-1986), French humorist and actor, running for the presidency. France, 1981.
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Véronique Sanson, French singer. Paris, théâtre de l'Olympia, February 1976.
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Chuck Berry (1926-2017), American guitarist, singer and composer. Paris, Olympia, 1973.
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Georges Brassens (1921-1981), French singer-songwriter, at his place. Paris, 1974.
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Mathieu Chedid (born in 1971), French singer-songwriter. France, on May 14, 2005.
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Jacques Higelin (1940-2018), French singer-songwriter and actor. France, on April 14, 2005.
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Zoé, French singer. France, on June 27, 2005.
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Alain Bashung (1947-2009), French singer-songwriter. France, 1982.
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Julien Clerc (born in 1947), French singer. Paris, Olympia, in December 1970.
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Barbara (1930-1997), French singer-songwriter, during a rehearsal. France, in 1978.
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Sylvie Vartan on rehearsing. Paris, Olympia, September 1972.
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Georges Moustaki (1934-2013), French singer-songwriter. France, 1982.
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Serge Lama (born in 1943), French singer. France, 1976.
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Alain Stivell (born in 1944), French singer and musician, at his place. Brittany, 1974.
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Bernard Lavilliers (born in 1946), French singer, 1975.
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Marie Laforêt (1939-2019), French singer and actress. Paris, Olympia, 1969.
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Juliette Gréco at Eddie Barclay's place with Michel Piccoli and Darry Cowl, on May 1st, 1972.
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Alain Delon and Madly. Television programme. February 1971.
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Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Argentinian composer and conductor. Paris, Olympia, 1977.
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Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), Armenian-born French singer-songwriter and actor, during a recital, on February 16, 1971.
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Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), Armenian-born French singer-songwriter and actor, February 1972.
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Gilbert Bécaud, Charles Aznavour, Georges Garvarentz and Serge Lama. Gala at the Olympia. Paris, on January 6, 1976.
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Charles Trenet (1913-2001), French singer-songwriter, 1983.
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Michel Delpech (1946-2016), French singer, performing at the Olympia concert hall. Paris (IXth arrondissement), March 1972.
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Léo Ferré (1916-1993), French singer-songwriter. Liège (Belgium), 1977.
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Alain Bashung (1947-2009), French singer-songwriter. France, 1982.
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Léo Ferré (1916-1993), French singer, conducting an orchestra of American students. Montreux (Switzerland), February 1975.
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Christophe (born in 1945), French singer. France, on June 3rd, 2005.
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Marie-Paul Belle (born in 1946), French singer. France, on May 19, 2005.
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Arthur H (born in 1966), French musician and singer. France, on May 30, 2005.
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Bernard Lavilliers (born in 1946), French singer. France, on November 22, 2006.
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Cesaria Evora (1941-2011), Cape Verdean singer. France, on March 14, 2005.
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Guy Bedos (1934-2020), French actor and humorist. France, on June 21, 2005.
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La Grande Sophie (born in 1969), French singer. France, on May 27, 2005.
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Françoise Hardy (born in 1944), French singer. France, on May 23, 2005.
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Keren Ann (born in 1974), French musician and singer. France, on May 17, 2005.
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Kent (born in 1957), French singer-songwriter. France, on April 21st, 2005.
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Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), Armenian-born French singer-songwriter and actor. France, on May 6, 2005.
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Olivia Ruiz (born in 1980), French singer. France, in 2005.
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Michel Polnareff (born in 1944), French singer, at the Olympia. Paris, 1972.
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Michel Delpech (1946-2016), French singer. Paris, Olympia, December 1970.
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French singer Michel Sardou. Paris, Olympia, October 1970.
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Liza Minnelli at Olympia. Paris, 1969.
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Sylvie Vartan. Paris, Olympia, September 1970.
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