Gérard Houin - Johnny Hallyday, '1966 Tours'

Dimensions -

30cm x 20

photo, in Good condition, traces of wear, see photos for details.


55,000 people who, during this 8,767 km tour, saw and heard Johnny. They will know that the exceptional quality of his show and the enormous success he rightly achieved, at a time when whispers suggested his popularity was waning, justify the most enthusiastic victory statements. In the 39 cities on the route, audiences were turned away every night; every night, Johnny outdid himself, and at the peak of his ecstasies, which he knows how to share with the audience like no one else, he even occasionally fainted on stage. As many fans have told me: 'Between Johnny and the best of the other French singers, there is the difference of an entire universe.'

Gérard Houin, in the late 1960s, attended concert rehearsals and regularly photographed the numerous artists who passed in front of his lens. His perspective captivated: record labels, productions, and magazines began to take a close interest in his work. In the early 1970s, he founded his own studio and photo lab, and began collaborating with several well-known press outlets. At the same time, he met all the emblematic artists of that era: Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Françoise Hardy, Michel Polnareff, etc. His vision appealed to the press, which dedicated covers and double-page spreads to him starting in 1975 (Jours de France, Paris Match).

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