Richard Kalvar Professionally obliged to make frequent trips between Paris and the provinces, Clément, world champion bicycle equilibrist, drives the old Peugeot 205 that he inherited from his grandfather. He has (...)
neither the means nor the desire to buy a more recent vehicle. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar Eric is a musician who earns extra money driving tourists around Paris in an old 2CV (Deux Chevaux), working for Paris Authentique, which keeps it’s 40 mythical 2CV’s in a garage. Here he is showin (...)
g the Saint Germain des Près neighborhood. Paris, France. 2016 © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorists and motorcyclists protesting the new law passes in front of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Alexandre, a student standing on the hood of his 1992 Renault, formerly a taxi, (...)
doesn't have the means to buy a new one. Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar Karl Grégoire owns and repairs 3 cars first sold before 1997: a BMW Z3, a Mini, and a 2CV (Deux Chevaux). He lives in Sainte Geneviève des Bois, a town 30km south of Paris, and has difficulty accep (...)
ting that he is no longer allowed to drive in Paris whenever he wants. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorists and motorcyclists protesting the new law gathers at the Bastille before going on a ride through the city. The sign covering up the licence plate reads "Don't touch my o (...)
ld one!". Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorcyclists and motorists protesting the new law passes in front of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and (...)
scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorists and motorcyclists, protesting the new law, passes in front of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles a (...)
nd scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016 © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorcyclists and motorists protesting the new law passes in front of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and (...)
scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016 © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar A demonstration of motorists and motorcyclists protesting the new law gathers at the Bastille before going on a ride through the city. Eric, 58, lives in the Val de Oise suburbs and works in Paris. (...)
He doesn't use his 1989 Saab 900 to go to work (he uses the Metro), but he wants to demonstrate his solidarity with the protest movement against a law that he deems unjust. The sign that he's putting on to cover his licence plate reads "Don't touch my old one!". Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar Cars and commercial vehicles on the road since before 1997, and motorcycles and scooters first sold before June 1999, are no longer allowed to circulate in Paris, Monday through Friday between 8am (...)
and 8pm. The ecological benefits of these changes are questionable, while the economic and pleasure costs are considerable. A demonstration of motorcyclists and motorists protesting the new law passes in front of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos
Richard Kalvar Montreuil residents Roland and his girlfriend Reseda wait for the start of the demo in their old Fiat. They attended a demonstration of motorists and motorcyclists protesting the new law gathers at (...)
the Bastille before going on a ride through the city. Paris, France. 2016. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos