Raymond Depardon - Belmondo & Andress

This is an interesting photograph by the great French photographer Raymond Depardon, almost certainly dated 1969, depicting the couple at the time, both on and off screen, Ursula Andress and Jean-Paul Belmondo. I believe the shot may have been taken on March 5, 1969, as they were leaving or entering the Show Business club in Paris, on the day it opened...
Raymond Depardon, born in 1942, was, together with Gilles Caron, the founder of the renowned Gamma agency, for which he produced reports from the planet’s “hot spots” (Venezuela, Africa, Biafra, Chad) and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia).
A photographer, journalist, and filmmaker, he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 and left Gamma in 1978 to join Magnum Photos, of which he became a full member in 1979.
His photographs are held in collections around the world, where they are highly appreciated and regarded.
This beautiful photograph is stamped on the back and also has handwritten notes. It is in excellent condition, with barely perceptible flaws along the edges. The dimensions are 30.32 x 20 cm.