Hand on Heart - Hommage to Marc Riboud

I once accidentally run into Magnum photographer Marc Riboud's (1923 -2016) photo exhibition in Place de la Sorbonne, Paris. Theme: activism and anarchism in "spring -68". These photos stopped most of the passers by - what else could the photojournalist behind these pictures have hoped for. Specially one older gentleman in grey suit draw my attention. He went around the exhibition in an excited way, inspecting photos again and again. Perhaps he had been part of the action at that time somehow? A kind of climax (last 3 photos in the series) was when a young couple, born long after -68 approached from the direction of the chapel. I went to wait for their reaction and it was strong! The couple stopped at once, looked at one of Riboud's signature photos, Girl with the flower, and started a conversation about it. Then they spent some time to inspect other photos, too. Father of the term "sociology", philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857), follows the scene calmly from the top of his statue. "Nothing new under the sun" he might be thinking about the exhibition as he was born during the times of the French Revolution. A great example of how photojournalism can draw attention of people of all ages and tell about history, atmosphere and feelings connected to them. Merci Marc!