Arts & Culture

Raymond Depardon’s Les Fiancées de Saigon

Raymond Depardon's collection of photos from the shoot of his 1985 film 'Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa' with Françoise Prenant

Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon The Opera house (Palais Garnier). Paris, France. 1988. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Women staring out at the deserts. Western Desert, Egypt. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Bird in the sky. Rue Henri Barbusse, Paris, France.1983. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant. Mogadishu, Somalia. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Windsock. Republic of Djibouti. Obock. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant's leg. Croce del Sud Hotel, Mogadiscio, Somalia. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Desert Landscape. Khor Anghar, Republic of Djibouti. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant. Lake Turkana, Kenya. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Traveler's tree. Brazzaville, Congo. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant, editor and main actress in Raymond Depardon's movie "Empty Quarter". Luxor, Egypt. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Tracks on a desert landscape. Western Desert, Egypt. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant running to car. Egypt. Western Desert.1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Record player and paper. Rue Pasteur, Paris, France. 1985. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant editing "Empty Quarter", a film by French film director and photographer Raymond Depardon. Paris, France, 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Cannes Film festival. Cannes, France.1985. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Françoise Prenant in bed. Paris, France.1985. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Three people by car. Mogadishu, Somalia. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon | Les fiancées de Saigon Stairs down to shoreline. Alexandria, Egypt. 1984. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
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