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Alain Canaque's Early Years

Photographs taken from 1984 until 2003... musicians, friends, actors and other lonely characters the author encountered during day dreaming and night walks.

It was last updated in Gallery Minimal on Tue Dec 03 2024 and is 105 pictures long.

All photographs in this gallery are protected by copyright, © all rights reserved by their author, and thus may not be downloaded, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any mean without express written permission. Please contact the author if you would like copies or prints.

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Camden / London 1985
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Disabled drive / London 1985
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Carpet store / London 1985
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Le Pont-Neuf, wrapped by Christo — Paris / 1985
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Rio do Janero, Brazil / 2003
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Grèce / 1985
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France, 1984
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Kumbh Mela in Paris, Trocadero / 1984
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Custom camera / 1978
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Paris / 1985
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England – 1985
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LE BOY night club / Paris, 1989
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1980
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France, 1987
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Grèce, 1986
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Sweden, 1987
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New moon's backstage : the drummer - 1987
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Paris, France. 1985
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Grèce, 1986
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France, 1988
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France, 1987
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London, 1985
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Theo Hakola — Paris (années '80)
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Festimagic (4) – France, 1996
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Festimagic (3) – France, 1996
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Festimagic (2) – France, 1996
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Festimagic (1) – France, 1996
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One corner = Four pictures (4/4) – Greece, 1986
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One corner = Four pictures (3/4) – Greece, 1986
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One corner = Four pictures (2/4) – Greece, 1986
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One corner = Four pictures (1/4) – Greece, 1986
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Paris – 1988 ?
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Ivry/Seine – 1992
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New-Dehli – India, 1996
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404 Peugeot sous la neige – Luberon (France) 2006.
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Promenade des anglais – Nice (France) 1987 ?
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Gay-pride – Paris, 1985 ?
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55KO412 – Saigon (Viet-Nam) 1998.
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Dimitrios
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Fantôme du XXème arrondissement – Paris (France) 1985.
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Beach Life (2) – Ipanema (Rio de Janero) 2003.
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Beach Life – Posto nove, Ipanema (Rio de Janero) 2003.
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Posto nove — Ipanema (Brazil) 2003
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Coluche : 19 juin 1986
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Repas de mariage
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Plage de Bonnegrâce (Brutal beach) – Six-Fours les plages (France) 1987.
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Black & White Dance – Carnaval de Rio, 2003.
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Cachaça do Brazil – Rio de Janero (Brésil) 2003.
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The pub window – Londres (UK) 1985
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Olivier – Paris, années '90
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Londres, 1985.
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Le son de la rue – Londres, 1985.
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Super Market - 2022
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Chambre avec vue - Londres, 1985.
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Rue royale - Saint-Cloud, 1996.
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Promenade – Londres (UK) 1985
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Women Live - London, 1985.
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Taxi driver - Londres, 1985.
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Le royaume des écureuils - Londres, 1985.
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Galerie - Suède, 1987.
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Autoportrait incognito - Londres, 1985.
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Girls from Ipanema - Brazil, 2003.
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a cidade maravilhosa - Rio de Janero, 2003.
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Posto nove - Rio de Janero, 2003.
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En attendant la douche (vintage print) - Nice, 1987.
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Objets du XXème siècle - Londres, 1985.
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Sur la plage (vintage print) - Six-Fours les plages, 1987.
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V8 - Grèce, 1986.
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Jean-Louis 2000 - Hanover, 2000.
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Summer Jump – France, 1987
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Suspension du Temps – France, 1987
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Carnaval - Rio de Janero, 2003.
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New Moon's backstage
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On the beach / sunbath
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Jean-Louis 2000 - top of the truck
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Vestiaire du "New Moon"
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Backstage - Living in Texas au "New moon"
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The painter
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Jean-Louis 2000 show (La plus grande petite discothèque du monde)
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Jean-Louis 2000 : on tour
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The Painter (Trocadéro)
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Cachaça
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On the beach
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Jean-Louis 2000's groupies
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L'inconnue
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Festimagic
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Clubbing — Les Halles, Paris, 1987
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Ipanema — Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2003
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On the beach 1
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L'inconnue du bar
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On the beach 3
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Holidays
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On the beach 4
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Afternoon drink
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TV afternoon — London (UK) 1984
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Bent tree
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Pont-Neuf wrapped by Christo
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Cutting a piece of the Pont-Neuf wrapped by Christo
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Jean-Eric – Paris (France) 1988
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Restaurant Joe Allen - Les Halles
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Le Fitzcaraldo — Paris, 1985
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Live painting — Trocadéro, Paris, 1984
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Richard / X-mas — Paris, 1984
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