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Descriptive labels on the verso. Pix Publishing Inc. stamp (and Schall's distributor with his stamp) and "Used in Roto Jun 18 1939, Look--" stamp on verso. A wonderful group of Schall's images of this event, obviously pre-Nazi invasion of Paris. News wire clipping on verso and stamp of Schall's picture agency and name. Good vintage prints even if they were used for reproduction.Born in 1904, Roger Schall was one of the most renowned photographers of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in all photographic disciplines, including fashion, portraits, nudes, still lifes and photo journalism.Schall began working with his father, a portrait photographer, in 1918. Ten years later he would be one of the first reporters to work with a small hand-held Leica or Rolleiflex.By 1939, he closed the studio-agency he had opened with his brother. From June 1940 to August 1944 he photographed German-occupied Paris, hiding his negatives so they would not be seen and confiscated by the censors. When the occupation was over his brother, Raymond Schall, published a book: A Paris sous la Botte des Nazis (Paris under the Heel of the Nazis) that was illustrated with photographs by his brother, Roger Parry, Robert Doisneau, the Seeberger brothers and many others.Roger Schall then continued working in fashion, focusing on commercial and publicity work instead of reportage. From 1970 until his death in 1995, he would manage his archive of some 80,000 images.

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Photo Detail - Roger Schall - Gypsy Wedding
Roger Schall Gypsy Wedding

Price $200

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Ref.# 1432

Medium Silver print

Mount unmounted

Photo Date 1939  Print Date 1939

Dimensions 8 x 8 in. (203 x 203 mm)

Photo Country France

Photographer Country France

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