Waiting for the subway in Paris. Franklin D. Roosevelt Station is located on subway lines 1 and 9, in the luxurious 8th arrondissement on Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The station got its (new) name after World War II, as a tribute to the already-deceased American president. In 1957 the building was completely renovated. A brand new technique was used on the platforms: glass building blocks. You'll see this on the right side of the picture. The People on the platform show us what time we look back to: the seventies. Wider than this, the pant bottoms never were. Perfect street photography of an era. Colorful, optimistic, free. (Collection Timeview, Paris, Paris Metro 1970)
Timeview represents and manages an archive of vintage, analog photography. We acquire photo collections including the copyrights from mainly amateur photographers. The collection covers the pre-digital era approximately from 1850 up to the 1980’s. The company owns nearly half a million images... Read more…