Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (05/24)

Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors

Title image:

Harold Chapman
The night over and in a cold brightening sky, a worker plods across the shiny washed square on his way home for his day’s sleep, a sack of food slung over his shoulder.

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted on cardboard), Size 16 by 11.5”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 117

Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01

Harold Chapman
Les forts: the elite strong men of the market hauling heavy hunks of meat from the meat hall to the lorries.

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 ½ by 8 ⅝” on 9 ⅜ by 12”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 110

Harold Chapman
Market traders gather at the baron Au Pied du Cochon for a quick warming shot of Calvados and coffee.

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4 by 6” on 5×7”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 20

Harold Chapman
A trilby headed porter, resting on his loaded barrow. Paris, 1960’s.

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber) Size 6 1/8 by 4 1/8″ on 7 by 5″, signed on retro. Part of the Portfolio, by Harold Chapman – Paris, Les Halles) Published in Harold Chapman – Beats a Paris, page 114

Harold Chapman
A brush for everything: an itinerant brush and blanket seller wandered ‘Les Halles’, doing a brisk trade in brushes. He disposed of blankets quickly on cold days when workers draped them over their shoulders to stop themselves from freezing. Paris 1960’s.

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 15 by 10 ⅛”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats a Paris, page 115 and in John L. Hess – Vanishing France, page 18 (top)

Harold Chapman
Ask for our sandwich…a royal treat… Paris 1960’s

Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 8 ⅜ by by 6 ⅜” on 11 ⅞ by 9 ⅜”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats a Paris, page 95

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Cordially,

Rolf Goellnitz