From April 30th until June 23rd, 2010, the Comité Quartier Latin presents an unseen photographic stroll of Bruno de Monès’ portraits. The event, in partnership with the Parisienne de Photographie and the Agence Roger-Viollet, will be held under the arcades of the Odeon – Theatre de l’Europe, Place de l’Odeon and in the bookstores and galleries’ shopwindows rue de Médicis, rue Gay-Lussac and rue Claude Bernard, and those of the Agence Roger-Viollet, rue de Seine.

The 104 photographs taken by Bruno de Monès  -a contributor to  Le Monde for many years and the official photographer of the Magazine Littéraire- gives a panoramic view of the greatest personalities of literature, film, fashion, of the 70′s and 80′s : Alain Robbe-Grillet, Francis Ponge, Marcel Carné, Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, Gilles Deleuze, alongside Claude Lévi-Strauss and many others …

Bruno de Mones’ portraits are exclusively distributed by the Agence Roger-Viollet, a reference on the French and the international market in terms of photographic archives and a subsidiary of the Parisienne de Photographie.

This unprecedented photo event is part of the mission of the Parisienne de Photographie -a semi-public company dedicated to the digitization and promotion of the photographic heritage of Paris, as well as of partnering photographers funds.

This event is a part of the first edition of the Local Utility Company ‘s Week which takes place in France from the 19 to 26 May 2010 and whose objective is to highlight the activities and values of these structures serving the general public.

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