What was Paris like in the 1950s? An epic collage of contradictions – grubby and refined, chaotic and serene, rigid and liberated – just as it is today.
The photographs from gcosserat provide glimpses into Paris in 1959 to see what has persisted and what has disappeared.
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Arc de Triomphe from Ave Foch |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Champs Elysee |






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