Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg
by: Hambourg, Serge

Paperback. Hanover NH, Hood Museum of Art, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 87 pages, paperback. Photo documentation of the 1968 student riots in France. Essays by Thomas Crow and Anne Sa'adah. Light rubbing to wraps. Black-and-white photography throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean. A tight copy. May 9 through 13, 1968 was the beginning of a time of upheaval and social spectacle that pitted students and workers against an unsympathetic government in a series of spirited protests that would fundamentally change France. This catalogue showcases photographs of the famous events by French photographer Serge Hambourg. Hambourg captured the various moods and moments of the protests, including powerful portraits of student leaders Jacques Sauvageot, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Alain Geismar, writer Louis Aragon, and filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.