Brigitte Bardot - Lot 24

Brigitte Bardot 2 silver prints Lynx press photographic agency stamps on back Dimensions: 18 x 24 cm Corners very slightly corroded Note: This set of two silver prints of Brigitte Bardot illustrates the expressive power of her face and its central role in the visual imagination of the 1960s. Through these variations in look and attitude, a luminous yet complex personality emerges, oscillating between spontaneity, gentleness and self-assertion. Bardot was not just a movie star, she became a veritable symbol of modernity, with each portrait contributing to the construction of a collective myth. Distributed by the Lynx agency, these photographs are in the tradition of the press portrait, halfway between a snapshot and a constructed image. The tight framing emphasizes the expressions, the minute variations in the smile and the gaze, giving the whole an almost narrative dimension. These prints testify to the importance of silver photography in the dissemination and perpetuation of great popular figures, transforming the instant into an archive and the individual into an icon.