CHARLES BEBERT

THIS BOOK BRINGS TOGETHER THE REDISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES OF CHARLES BÉBERT. SHOT BETWEEN THE 1960S AND THE 1980S, THE IMAGES CAPTURE THE ARRIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL STARS ON THE CÔTE D’AZUR, FROM AIRPORT TARMACS AND PALACE ENTRANCES TO BACKSTAGE CORRIDORS AND STADIUM LAWNS. BÉBERT’S LENS, BOTH DISCREET AND BENEVOLENT, OFFERS A BLACK-AND-WHITE PORTRAIT OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF GLOBAL ICONS.

BORN IN ORAN IN 1936, CHARLES WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER-REPORTER WHO SPENT THREE DECADES DOCUMENTING CELEBRITIES ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA. KNOWN AS “CHARLY,” HE EVOLVED FROM PAPARAZZO TO TRUSTED PORTRAITIST, ADMIRED BY SUBJECTS WHO OFTEN BECAME FRIENDS, INCLUDING JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO AND CLAUDE FRANÇOIS. HIS VAST BODY OF WORK REMAINED LARGELY FORGOTTEN UNTIL HIS SON REDISCOVERED THE NEGATIVES BY CHANCE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE FAMILY SHOP, CHASSEURS D’IMAGE.