{"id":43801,"date":"2015-10-31T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T13:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emahomagazine.com\/?p=43801"},"modified":"2022-10-04T06:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T06:55:56","slug":"christer-stromholm-les-nuits-de-place-blanche-celebrating-life-of-transsexuals-in-paris-in-50s-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/christer-stromholm-les-nuits-de-place-blanche-celebrating-life-of-transsexuals-in-paris-in-50s-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"Christer Stromholm: &#8216;Les Nuits de Place Blanche&#8217; &#8211; Celebrating Life of Transsexuals in Paris in 50&#8217;s &#038; 60&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43801\" class=\"elementor elementor-43801\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c46b419 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c46b419\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c3df096\" data-id=\"6c3df096\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40bae564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40bae564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>France &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><div title=\"Page 2\"><p><a title=\"Christer Stromholm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromholm.com\/index2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christer Stro\u0308mholm <\/a>(Stockholm, Sweden, 1918\u20132001) is one of the most important European photographers of the twentieth century. He spent most of his life in Sweden, but he made France, and especially Paris, his second home. His series about the transsexuals of the Place Blanche was produced between 1958 and 1968. In the first edition of the book Les amies de Place Blanche (Va\u0308nnerna fra\u030an Place Blanche), published by ETC\/ Johan Ehrenberg in Stockholm in 1983, Stro\u0308mholm says:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThese are images from another time. A time when de Gaulle was president and France was at war against Algeria. These are images of people whose lives I shared and whom I think I understood.These are images of women \u2013biologically born as men\u2013 that we call \u2018transsexuals.\u2019As for me, I call them \u2018my friends of Place Blanche.\u2019 This friendship started here, in the early 60s, and still continues.\u201d<br class=\"none\" \/><br class=\"none\" \/><br class=\"none\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emahomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stromholm_7.jpeg\" alt=\"stromholm_7\" width=\"618\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Images \u00a9 Christer Stro\u0308mholm Estate, Stockholm.<\/strong><\/p><p><em><br class=\"none\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/category\/photography\/\">Photography<\/a> and Published by <a title=\"Editorial RM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.editorialrm.com\/2010\/product.php?id_product=327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RM Editorial<\/a>, Les Nuits de Place Blanche<\/em>\u00a0immerses the reader in Parisian nightlife of the 50s and 60s, more specifically in the transsexual community in the neighborhood near Pigalle Square. Christer Str\u00f6mholm, considered the father of Swedish contemporary photography, portrayed the characters in an intimate and exuberant way, either in the street or in the hotel rooms they were living. According to the photographer, this work is about one\u2019s freedom to choose one\u2019s own life and identity. Over the time, those images have become poignant reminders of human frailties and strengths. The series exudes fragility and beauty and symbolizes what working with photography means to Str\u00f6mholm: the opportunity to deepen into big questions of life, such as love, death and human loneliness.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ac1c44b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ac1c44b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33ea9f0c\" data-id=\"33ea9f0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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src=\"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christer-Stromholm-Les-Nuits-de-Place-Blanche-13.jpg\" alt=\"Christer Stromholm\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Christer Stromholm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"13 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christer-Stromholm-Les-Nuits-de-Place-Blanche-14.jpg\" alt=\"Christer Stromholm\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Christer Stromholm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"14 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Christer-Stromholm-Les-Nuits-de-Place-Blanche-15.jpg\" alt=\"Christer Stromholm\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Christer Stromholm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"15 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/emahomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Christer-Stromholm-Les-Nuits-de-Place-Blanche.png\" alt=\"Christer Stromholm\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Christer Stromholm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France &#8211;&nbsp; Christer Stro\u0308mholm (Stockholm, Sweden, 1918\u20132001) is one of the most important European photographers of the twentieth century. He spent most of his life in Sweden, but he made France, and especially Paris, his second home. His series about the transsexuals of the Place Blanche was produced between 1958 and 1968. 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