SECRET PARIS - Lot 208

SECRET PARIS Bird catcher and view of Montmartre… Excerpt from Edouard Logereau’s documentary film, 1965. Photo attributed to Daniel Franay, vintage color print, annotated (including the photographer’s name) on the back. 18 x 23.5 cm. Some signs of handling visible only when held up to the light. Note: This color photograph, taken in 1965, is associated with Édouard Logereau’s documentary film *Paris Secret*. It depicts a bird catcher in the Montmartre neighborhood, offering an evocative glimpse of a working-class and picturesque Paris that was then undergoing transformation. Through his documentaries, Logereau sought to reveal the lesser-known aspects of the capital—its traditional trades, its unique characters, and its neighborhoods steeped in history. The image thus links an activity that has since disappeared or become rare to one of Paris’s most iconic locations, long associated with artistic and bohemian life. Attributed to Daniel Franay, this photograph serves as a valuable record of the capital’s human and urban heritage in the 1960s, at a time when many Parisian customs and landscapes were on the verge of disappearing due to the changes brought about by contemporary society.