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Richard Schroeder: “Making the Instant a Perfect Moment”

His name may mean nothing to you. Yet Richard Schroeder ranks among the greatest contemporary portrait photographers. Against the grain of flashy rock imagery, his sophisticated black and white reveals the secret side of our icons.

Picture the scene. It's 1965, somewhere in the Paris suburbs. Richard Schroeder is 12 years old. A friend's older brother leads them into his bedroom. With a solemn, almost liturgical gesture, he places a 45 rpm on his turntable and drops the needle....

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Guénola Pellen

Guénola Pellen is a journalist specializing in culture and the United States, where she edited the magazine France-Amérique for 15 years. She divides her time between Paris and New York.

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