30th Rep Convention Miami 72 Man with eyes covered with US Flag. Miami, FL - August 23, 1972 President Richard Nixon's reelection campaign demonstrators wear costumes and make-up to act out scenes of
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Savage Skulls Group walking on sidewalk Bronx, New York City, NY - July 20, 1972. © Jean-Pierre Laffont / from the book “Photographer's Paradise. Turbulent America 1960-1990” (Glitterati)
Jean-Pierre Laffont has always been a free spirit and a gifted, singular photographer, loyal to his own insatiable curiosity and uninterested in assignments. He sought to tell the stories of his era with a tender and compassionate gaze. Upon arrival in the United States in 1965, he quickly became a privileged witness to a nation embroiled in controversy and for three decades photographed its political, social and cultural mutations, observed the fate of its leaders and documented the tragic divisions of its civilization. This Turbulent America is above all his: brimming with spontaneity and humanity. In the intense canvas he paints for us, we find an abundance of the events that left their marks from the 60s to the 90s; the heroes and heroines; the captivating parade of social outcasts and fanatics, and the daily life of a people who live by the rhythm of their country’s failures and its moments of euphoria, harsh as well as liberating. Today, his photographic odysseys, filled with iconic images, bring history back to vibrant life in the form of a personal archive of events, which helped chisel the multiple facets of his adopted homeland.
New York City, New York / April 26, 1984 When the Statue of Liberty has a face-lift, major restoration is required. It lasted four years and cost $62 million. © Jean-Pierre Laffont / from the book “Photographer's Paradise. Turbulent America 1960-1990” (Glitterati)
