Magnum Editions: Paris, France, 1968 Art figures trudged through the street

figures trudged through the street in front of the Tishman Building at 666 5th Avenue

We see them newly born

along with Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock

Balenciaga

even that of agony): each of d’Agata’s photographs is shorthand for a form being placed in a box

Magnum Editions: Paris, France, 1968 Art figures trudged through the streetDuring May 1968 I was on constant alert, wrote Bruno Barbey of his time shooting the Paris riots. In those days there were practically no movie cameras. I remember only William Klein filming, and some foreign television crews; French television was on strike. So the fixed image ruled the day. Photography had a role to play, and a central importance. Barbeys image shows students hurling projectiles at the police on Boulevard Saint Germain in the 6th