Alfred Hitchcock taking photos. Cannes 1954.

On the beach in Cannes, 1954, director Alfred Hitchcock joins a crowd of spectators gathered to watch an unseen event. While some stand on the sand, one man peering through binoculars, many others have found a vantage point atop a row of white beach cabins. Amidst the onlookers in their mid-century attire, the famous director raises his own camera to capture the scene. A sign on the cabins advertises "SKI NAUTIQUE," or water skiing, grounding the moment in the leisurely atmosphere of the French Riviera.

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Camera, Photographers

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