by Gérard Boutet · Editions Cobra · tapa dura · ISBN 9782815202343
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«Métiers d'autrefois» is a photographic essay by Gérard Boutet, published by Editions Cobra in hardcover (76 pages, in French).
A visual journey through everyday life and traditional trades in France between 1900 and 1968. Using black-and-white photographs, it documents professions of the era, many now vanished, and their role in the country's social and cultural memory. The whole is a testament to the evolution of work and French society during the twentieth century.
The work belongs to the collection «La vie quotidienne des Français de 1900 à 1968», of which it is volume 5.
It will appeal to historians, enthusiasts of French culture, and readers of documentary photography and social history.
