This week, the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival got underway. Cannes Uncut: The Golden Years, a new book from photographer Richard Blanshard, features a collection of photographs from over twenty years of capturing the festival.
When 22-year-old Richard Blanshard arrived at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976, he had no idea that he would become an official photographer for the UK and US film industry for the next two decades.
Through his remarkable collection, spanning stars and celebrities from the Golden Age of Hollywood through to the rising talent of the era, Blanshard lifts the lid on what life was really like behind the scenes at the world’s most iconic film festival.
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A large crowd captured infront of “le Palais”, host to many glamorous film premieres over the years.
1987, Tilda Swinton, director Ken Russell and Lynne Redgrave at a dinner to celebrate Ken’s film Aria, which was entered into Cannes.
1991, director Isaac Julien in Cannes for his film Young Soul Rebels.
1976, Jeremy Thomas, producer of The Last Emperor, with his uncle Gerald Thomas, director of the Carry On films.
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