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monography
of The congolese photographer Jean Depara [1928-1997]

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Nights and days in Kinshasa [D.R. Congo] taken between 1955 and 1965.

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The photographer Depara immerses us in his youthful years in Kinshasa-Léopoldville from the years 1955-1965. Turning point of Independence when at night, the rules of society no longer exist. All are free themselves from all constraints. Congolese and Europeans find themselves together in the hot districts of the most exuberant capital of Africa.

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Immersion in nightclubs to the sound of rumba, rock and slow, lovers in the night, galant rendez-vous, singers and musicians from Kin, Franco, the Bills (those bad boys in cowboy outfits), associations of elegant young women, bodybuilders, the bodybuilders ‘Apollos’ of the La Funa Sports Complex…

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Editors Jean Loup Pivin and Pascal Martin Saint Leon

70 B&W photographies by Jean Depara

Paperback 108 duo-tone pages 13×18 cm

Biography in French and English

Published in November 2010

EAN 978 2 909571 652

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‘Paper Book’ available

‘PDF Book’ available [20Mo]

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