TheImageWorks.com The André Zucca Collection
André Zucca (1897 -1973) was a respected French press photographer. In 1941, Zucca was called by the occupying German army to work on the propaganda magazine Signal. Zucca’s unexpected and rare color images of Paris during that time are surrounded by controversy for presenting Parisian life as sunny and lively, largely undisturbed by the darkness of war. Click on a thumbnail image for preview and caption.
 
World War II, France: Young women wear fashionable sunglasses at the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. May 1942. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781210 		World War II, France: Chlidren play on roller skates on the esplanade of the Palais de Chaillot, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781412 		World War II, France: A woman applies her lipstick on the banks of the Seine, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781618 		World War II, France: A couple eats grapes on the boulevard de Ménilmontant, Paris, while a baby sleeps in a carraige in the sun. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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World War II, France: A blind musician plays the accordian on the boulevard near the Porte Saint-Denis in Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781013 		World War II, France: A young woman poses with her bicycle in Paris during the occupation. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780802 		World War II, France: Swastikas hang from buildings along the rue de Rivoli in Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780514 		World War II, France: A elderly Jewish women wearing a yellow star walks with a companion on the Rue de Rivoli, Paris, 1942. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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World War II, France: Victims of the April 18, 1944 bombing of Noisy-le-Sec, east of Paris, cross the Pont de la Tournelle, an arch bridge spanning the Seine, in Paris. While the railyard at Noisy-le-Sec was the target, many bombs fell on the town destroying over 700 homes, killing 464 civilians and injuring 370 civilians. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781409 		World War II, France: Three cabaret singers wear the latest designer hats at the Longchamp Racecourse, Paris, August 1943 . Many Paris fashion houses closed or moved during the war and the use of fabric for clothing was restricted. Milliners rose in the fashion ranks creating high style from scraps of material that would have otherwise been thrown away, sometimes incorporating butter muslin, bits of paper, and wood shavings. The pink hat is by milliner Rose Valois. The white hat is by Madame Le Monnier and the red hat is by Madame Agnes. Valois, Le Monnier and Agnes were among the most innovative milliners of the time. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780307 		World War II, France: Two men walk past a sign pointing to the location of theaters on the boulevard des Italiens, at the corner of the rue du Helder in Paris in 1943. A Nazi swastika marks a building in the background. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781003 		World War II, France: People pick through the garbage bins before the dustmen's arrival at Les Halles, the central market in Paris, while others look over a lone cart offering food for sale. rue Rambuteau. Paris, 1942. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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World War II, France: Patrons sit at the Café des Deux Magots in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781207 		World War II, France: German military vehicles parked on the Place de la Concorde, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3675313 		World War II, France: The chair-bottomer, rue de Rivoli, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780609 		World War II, France: Celebrating of the liberation on the Champs-Élysées, Paris, August 26, 1944. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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World War II, France: A boy drinks water from a public Fountain on the boulevard Rochechouart, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781110 		World War II, France: The changing of the guard. Paris, 1941. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780316 		World War II, France: A man walks in front of propaganda and advertisings posters in 1944 Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3780915 		World War II, France: Bonded fibre shoes with wooden soles. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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World War II, France: A woman goes through her purse while a man rests in the sun in front of a poster advertising the Moulin Rouge Cinema, towards the Place Blanche and the Place Pigalle, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781020 		World War II, France: A man and woman sit in the Luxembourg gardens in Paris, May 1942. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781211 		World War II, France: People walk past the &quotOffice de placement pour l'Allemagne" at the corner of the boulevard des Italiens and the rue Favart, Paris, 1943. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
ERVL3781005 		World War II, France: A boy drinks from a public water fountain in Montmartre, Paris. Photograph by André Zucca (1897-1973). © André Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works
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