Fascinating Historical Photos of Fun Fair in Paris in 1935

Gaston Paris (1903-1964) was an influential photojournalist who contributed for most of the 1930s to VU, the weekly magazine founded by Lucien Vogel in 1928. As the magazine’s sole salaried photographer, he collaborated with his stunning photographs and some famous names, including Laure Albin-Guillot, Germaine Krull, André Kertész, Martin Munkacsi Man Ray, and Robert Capa.

Gaston photographed some of the famous personalities and celebrities of his era. He also produced surrealist-influenced photographic series to illustrate the stories of notorious gangsters and femme Fatales in Detective magazine from the 1930s to the 1950s.

The photographs below were taken by Gaston Paris at a funfair in Paris in 1935. In the aftermath of his death, the Roger-Viollet agency acquired his archives.

#1 Women in a fun fair, 1935.

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#2 The audience in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#3 Fairground people, 1935.

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#4 Fun fair, 1935.

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#5 Fun fair, 1935.

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#6 Fairground attraction in a village, 1935.

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#7 Fish with the bottles in a fun fair, 1935.

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#8 Lottery in a fun fair, 1935.

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#9 Fairground people in their dressing room, 1935.

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#10 Fun fair, 1935.

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#11 Roundabout in a fun fair, 1935.

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#12 The largest society woman, 1935.

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#13 Woman with a snake, 1935.

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#14 Fun fair, 1935.

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#15 Masks in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#16 Women going to a fun fair, 1935.

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#17 Women going to a fun fair. France, 1935.

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#18 Fairground attraction, 1935.

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#19 Fun Fair, 1935.

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#20 Fairground people. France, about 1935.

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#21 Toys hawker in the Trone fun fair, 1935.

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#22 The audience in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#23 Musicians in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#24 Fairground people, 1935.

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#25 Fairground people, 1935.

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#26 Fun fair, 1935

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#27 The Fun fair of Trone, 1935.

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#28 Fair of Trone, 1935.

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#29 Parade in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#30 The audience in Fun Fair, 1935.

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#31 Fairground people at the entry of his caravan, 1935.

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#32 Child and gingerbread, 1935

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#33 Fairground people, 1935.

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#34 Wooden horses on a handcart, 1935.

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