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Thursday, February 20th, 2020

Blacks in French Advertisements

As I rode the metro the other day, I found myself marveling at the number and variety of advertisements that portray black people today compared to when I arrived in Paris 27 years ago.  I'm sharing several of my favorites in the photo blog post below.

La Mode Aime Paris

Paris Fashion Week ad

Hippopotamus restaurant ad

Evian water ad

Black girl dreams of Disney

Disneyland Paris ad

Ad for French Army

French Army ad

Elsa - Engineering Student

INSA Centre Val-de-Loire ad
(INSA = National Institute of Applied Sciences)
Elsa - Engineering Student

Marionnaud - Born to Be Me

Marionnaud perfumes and cosmetics ad

Catimini children's clothing

Catimini children's clothing ad

Office Depot School Supplies

Office Depot ad for Back-to-School

Air France

Air France ad

Futurotextiles exhibition at Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

Model for ad for Futurotextiles exhibition at Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

Obaïbi

Obaïbi children's apparel ad