This compelling black and white street photography print showcases the brilliant documentary intuition and raw historical depth of contemporary photographer Uwe Ommer within his highly celebrated early Paris collections. Shifting between fashion reportage and raw candid documentation, the vertical layout anchors a powerful perspective structured around a mid-century urban environment, balancing a single stylized woman with a magnetic gaze who confidently cuts through the marketplace crowd. Her striking figure features a crisp white polo top and wide pinstripe bell-bottom trousers that rise effortlessly against a textured background field of dark-coated Parisian citizens and traditional cobblestones.
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arrived from Cologne, lives in a small room on Boulevard St-Marcel. Every weekend, he goes to the market on rue Mouffetard to photograph the inhabitants on the fly. These rare images are the testimony of a Paris that has now disappeared and that of one of its emblematic districts.
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Black and White Street Photography - Rue Mouffetard, 1964. By Uwe Ommer
Rue Mouffetard, 1964
Archival Pigment print
Dimensions: 20 H x 16 W in.
Edition of 12 + 1AP
Unframed
Uwe Ommer (born 1943) in Bergisch Gladbach is a German photographer. Uwe Ommer became fascinated with photography at a young age. Initially sparked by his interest in photographing birds, he received his first camera at age 14 and began experimenting with his limited equipment. By the time Ommer was 18, he had given up on birds but was improving his skills as a photographer. He began working as an apprentice in a camera shop and soon picked up side projects for local papers, shooting everything from car accidents to weddings, when staff photographers were unavailable. In 2002, Uwe Ommer was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society for the impact of his lifetime of work.
