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Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Hit the road with Bernard Plossu through 156 intimate desert portraits from his 1975-76 Sahel journey. The French photographer's "no-frills" 50mm lens captures quiet face-to-face encounters and the philosophy that "greatness must be shown in small."
French photography
desert documentary
intimate portraits
1970s vintage
Tips
📷"greatness must be shown in small" — Plossu's credo
🎞️156 prints, many hand-printed by his wife
🎁donated by Plossu to the museum in 2021
La boîte à cartes
Faubourg Saint-Antoine










Hit the road with Bernard Plossu through 156 intimate desert portraits from his 1975-76 Sahel journey. The French photographer's "no-frills" 50mm lens captures quiet face-to-face encounters and the philosophy that "greatness must be shown in small."
French photography
desert documentary
intimate portraits
1970s vintage
Tips
📷"greatness must be shown in small" — Plossu's credo
🎞️156 prints, many hand-printed by his wife
🎁donated by Plossu to the museum in 2021