Provence intimate: photo, dance, music and song

In August 2024, the show Provence intime brought together international artists. These two unique performances allowed over 200 spectators to immerse themselves in the world of André Abbe's archives.

Here are some memories in pictures. Thanks to American volunteer Julian Shelton for coming to immortalize these evenings.

Children of Brazil

Children in Brazil in 1990 - accompanied by trumpeter Emmanuel Collombert during the Provence intime show - photo Julian Shelton for Abbe Photo

André Abbe took up photography to finance his travels. Brazil remains high on his list of favorite countries.

Children in Brazil in 1990 - André Abbe

Peach blossom at Rocher de Roquebrune (Var)

Peach blossom on Roquebrune rock with Nazpari Azari - photo Julian Shelton

Le Rocher now has three crosses, but these fruit trees have disappeared from the Argens valley...

Peach blossoms on a Roquebrune rock background - André Abbe 1980

Mobile sales in Séverac le Château (Aveyron)

Street sale in Séverac le Chateau with dancers Flavio de Brito and Richard John Moore - photo Julian Shelton

The "estafettes", these vans converted into itinerant grocery stores. A whole era!

Street sale near Brousse le Chateau in Aveyron in 1981 - photo André Abbe

Hand-picking without machines in Fayence (Var)

Monsieur Laugier at the Provence intime evening - Dancers Emma Livingstone and Flavio de Brito from England to support the preservation of André Abbe's 100,000 archive photos - photo Julian Shelton for Abbe Photo

Harvesting by hand, without machines, in the Laugier family.

Monsieur Laugier at the Provence intime evening - Dancers Emma Livingstone and Flavio de Brito from England to support the preservation of André Abbe's 100,000 archive photos - photo Julian Shelton for Abbe Photo

A passion for travel, as here in Turkey

Actor and artistic director Xavier-Adrien Laurent, known as XaL, and André Abbe in the background on a trip to Anatolia in Turkey in 1967 - photo Julian Shelton

In 1967, André had not yet launched his career as a photographer. But he already had a taste for travel. And he hitchhiked a lot. Which pushed him to the top. This photo is exceptional from several points of view. This push-up is in fact a fake: we added it as a joke!

André Abbe - Turkey - Anatolia - 1967

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