Harold Chapman British, 1927-2022
Les Halles, Paris, 1960 (?)
original silver gelatin print, developed and printed by Harold Chapman
33 x 39 cm (mounted)
1/1 final print remaining
Copyright : LHS
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At dawn in the middle of the road, market garden produce is sold in the special area known as the "carreau", reserved for market gardeners and vegetable sellers. These country women are in the freezing cold wearing hats and headscarves and keeping warm with with the brazier burning broken up old crates. The fresh produce had to be sold by 7 o'clock or else cleared away and removed by 8 o'clock by the authorities in order to allow the free circulation of traffic in the roads.