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Pierre Jahan
La main aux yeux
"La main aux yeux", 1948. © Pierre Jahan / Agence Roger-Viollet / Estate Pierre Jahan.
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Introduction
The photographic work titled "La main aux yeux" (The Hand with Eyes), created by Pierre Jahan in 1948, stands as one of the most enigmatic, iconic, and intellectually stratified expressions of French post-war avant-garde photography. Conceived in a historical period when Surrealism, despite having moved past its original disruptive phase, continued to deeply permeate the visual arts, the image functions as a true visual manifesto of Jahan's poetics.
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