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Denise Bellon
Child portrait, Me mellal
Circa 1930
Denise Bellon, born in 1902, is a French photographer whose work combines documentary sensitivity and surrealist influence. This child's portrait, taken towards 1930 in Beni Mellal, reveals the attention it pays to the looks and the silent presence of the subjects. Marrakech's house of photography keeps an important collection of his works, testifying to his interest in the human and cultural realities of Morocco during the first half of the 20th century.