Before you read on, here’s our KOJO Collective feature from our HA GIANG LOOP Tour last April – we just came back from the 2026 tour and will be back there in November, see KOJO for details!

Henri Cartier-Bresson at the 6 Days in Paris, 1957

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This is a re-post, from 2014. These images never get dull! They were taken by the great Cartier-Bresson at the Vel d’Hiv in Paris, infamous for the The Vel’ d’Hiv’ Roundup, which was the mass arrest of foreign Jewish families by French police and gendarmes at the behest of the German authorities, that took place in Paris on 16 and 17 July 1942.

Course cycliste 'Les 6 jours de Paris', vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France, novembre 1957.
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7 responses to “Henri Cartier-Bresson at the 6 Days in Paris, 1957”

  1. Oh my god these are so gorgeous. HC-B is my favorite photographer, did not know he did these. Who owns the rights? Thanks, -Rick

    1. yeah if you go to ‘images’ on google, there are a lot more out there too. no idea who owns the images but a very good read here on them: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/20/henri-cartier-bresson-exhibition-pompidou-centre-communist

  2. These photo’s were taken in the Vel d’Hiv in Paris a couple of years before it was no more. This velodrome was filled with history – and not all pleasant, The place really is worth an article in its own right – there is plenty of detail available on the net re its history. The excellent film “Sarah’s Key” touches on it’s darkest hour, and is well worth a watch….

    1. i will check that out, thanks David!

  3. See Roleur Magazine, issue 34 for pictures and story by Jack Thurston.

  4. Hi Guys, do you know who might have the rights for that picture?
    thanks

    1. Hi, I think it ‘s the Foundation Cartier-Bresson?

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