Claude Delmas

Black and white prepress print on R.C. satin paper. Digital archive print, medium resolution. Later print. good condition. Annotations and label on the back. Size: 24.9 x 18.5 cm with margins. Presented on a 30 x 24 cm mat board. Jacques Chirac. RATP Auber in Paris, December 5, 1980. Prepress print - Photo 1/5 One of the most famous photos of Jacques Chirac. The former president, who was then mayor of Paris, is wearing a gray suit, shirt and tie... He was there for an inauguration. December 5, 1980. Welcome to the corridors of the brand new Auber RER station: 225 meters long, 4 km of corridors, 73 escalators, 15 elevators at the time, and a president. The shot went around the world. It was taken by Jean-Claude Delmas, a photographer at the Agence France-Presse. He spent 50 years photographing the whole world, knew the former president well, and he was there, in the right place, at the right time. Jacques Chirac, cheater or not: He didn’t know how to use the metro. He didn’t know you had to take your ticket again for the gate to open. That's an entire myth built on one photo. Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, simply didn't know how to use public transportation! Sending la poste

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