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Video. Rebels with a Cause: Photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont's eye on America

Updated: 13 November 2026 - 9:03 GMT+1

New York in the 1960s, like much of the United States, is unrecognisable from the land many of us know today. French photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont captured all manner of daily life in the city, and beyond, in a stunning new book, "Rebels with a Cause".

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