A beautiful book of magnifiscent photos by the great French photographer Dityvon (Claude Raimond-Dityvon). Very well printed with a photo on the right page of each double spread. Original blind stamped black cloth, dust jacket, unpaged, illustrated with 72 b/w photographs, 4to. In very good condition, interior fine, just minor signs of usage on dust jacket, but no tears. Born in La Rochelle, Claude Dityvon began photography in 1967. He was awarded the Niepce Prize in 1970, and co-founded the VIVA Agency in 1972. He has produced around twenty books, albums, catalogues and film titles. He has exhibited in France, Europe, the United States, Reunion Island, Brazil, Djibouti and China. He has worked alone for many years. His sources of inspiration have been the cinema, essentially the silent and black-and-white films of the 1950s, poetry, jazz and literature. ‘While striving for purity, I try to convey and convey wonder and beauty, no matter how small! Claude Dityvon passed away on 3 June 2008 at the age of 71. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)