Pierre Boulat
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Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The couple right before the wedding. -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The wedding parade in the village -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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They get ready for the photograph -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The photographer photographed -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The bridesmaids with the bride -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The crowd gathers to watch the wedding -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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A jolly fellowl dares to lift the skirt of a maid of a bridesmaid. -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The wedding parade on it's way to the party -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Notables are brought to the party on wheelbarrows -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Notables are brought to the party on wheelbarrows -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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It's party time in the village - Playing blind man's buff -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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It's party time in the village - Trial by fire, guarantee of longevity -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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It's party time in the village - Trial by fire, guarantee of longevity -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The maids of honor already tipsy -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The wedding stimulates other couples -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The innkeeper prepares the bottles… -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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… and the kittens. -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The feast in full swing -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Speech during the banquet -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Well tipsy guests -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Well tipsy guests -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The popular prom -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Friends fondle in front of the house of the new couple -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The newlyweds are put to bed. They daubed their faces with an unappetizing mixture -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The newlyweds are put to bed. They daubed their faces with an unappetizing mixture -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The newlyweds are put to bed. They daubed their faces with an unappetizing mixture -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Fertilization ritual after the wedding night -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Fertilization ritual after the wedding night: the groom -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Fertilization ritual after the wedding night: the bride -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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Fertilization ritual after the wedding night -
Taditionnal wedding in the Berry
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The newlyweds after the festivities
Traditional wedding in the Berry
In 1946 Pierre Boulat shot a story for the French magazine “Saturday night” on a traditional wedding in Berry. A rustic wedding as one does not do anymore, with its demosielles of honor, its prom, its tears and myths.
50 years latern during the opening of one of hisphoto exhibtions in a gallery on rue de Seine in Paris, a woman told him that she was among the wedding guests and could recognize herself on one of the pictures. “She told me that there was always a doubt about the paternity of a beautiful baby born of one of the bridesmaids. An ephemeral and untraceable father, the idea of an involuntary conception vaguely crossed my mind. I must say that the night of the wedding was rather confused, with incantations smothered with love from haystacks.
The question remained unanswered, the pretty septuagenarian evaporated into the reflection of the glass of my photos. “