The ARGENTIC gallery presents an unprecedented series of photos taken by Roger Schall who was the official and exclusive photographer of the inaugural Normandy voyage in May 1935. Chosen by Lucien Vogel, creator of the prestigious VU magazine, Roger Schall will cover the entire Normandy epic, since its construction by the shipyards of Saint Nazaire until its triumphal arrival in New York on June 3, 1935. He witnessed the grandeur and French elegance by rubbing shoulders in this inaugural cruise with the political and artistic personalities of the moment, from Colette to Blaise Cendrars. The one who has been baptized the most beautiful liner in the world also becomes the fastest in this crossing of the Atlantic, beating its English and German competitors, thus winning for the first time in maritime history, the blue ribbon and demonstrating all the know-how of the Saint-Nazaire shipyards. This unique exhibition brings together the talent of the greatest photographer of the 1930s and an event that had a global impact and was the ultimate demonstration of French genius.
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