Paris 1920s

"Toute mon admiration au grand artiste Abbé." 

– Mistinguett, 1925

  • "I have never yet known an actor or actress who was bored with life, and I’ve known a lot of them. It keeps me on my toes to be mixed up with them. I am not an actor. I am, in a way, an outsider. But I’ve seen too much of their life to stay away from it. I haven’t been raised in tranquil waters, and I can’t swim unless there are breakers over my head."

    — James Abbe, Paris, 1928

James Abbe

"During the 1920s and 1930s, James Abbe was among the best-known and most-widely published photographers on the international scene. Prolifically photographing the leading luminaries of the era, Abbe was central to the development of the concept of media-induced celebrity." From James Abbe: Photographer, forward by Brooks Johnson, Chrysler Museum of Art, 2000

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