The first photo was taken by the French photographer René Maltête, probably in the 1950s or 60s. His street photographs are simply amazing and what’s even more impressive is the sheer number of fleeting moments that he was able to capture. I don’t pretend to know about every photographer working in this spontaneous manner, but I have heard of quite a few. Thanks to a post on Facebook today by Maltete’s son I was fortunate to discover his father’s keen eye and ability to play with the world using a camera. I won’t get into a lengthy summary of his biography. I recommend having a glance at this site which gives a great overview. It’s in French, so just copy and paste the article into Google translate if necessary.
After skimming through some of his photos I noticed the photo he took of a man, probably throwing his son in the air. Strangely enough I took a similar photo in the Place des Vosges in Paris, hmmm, probably 4-5 years ago. Maybe at the time I was inspired by Maltête without even knowing it.