References for ‘Les Amies de Place Blanche’
You can see many more of these photographs on the Strömholm legacy site here. http://www.stromholm.com/place-blanche-paris/
There are still more photos, with dates and good background information, here. http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/06/photos-capture-a-community-of-transgender-women-living-in-paris-in-the-1950s-and-60s/
The original book, Vännerna från Place Blanche, was published in Swedish in 1983 (second image in the story), and can be seen here (the dates in the accompanying text are incorrect; the photos were taken 1959–1967). Also shows photos that are not on the other sites. http://www.achtung.photography/christer-stromholm-vannerna-fran-place-blanche-friends-from-place-blanche-1983/
The book was reissued in French as Les Amies de Place Blanche in 2012, seen here. http://www.amaniman.fr/site.php?id=9&d=187&l=fr
A 2012 Guardian review of Les Amies, with a lot of detail about Strömholm and the lives of the women he photographed.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/02/amies-place-blanche-christer-stromholm-review
Another site reviewing the new edition and showing some images not available on the preceding sites is here. http://shop.libraryofarts.com/en/gender-people-and-art-contribution/1619-les-amies-de-place-blanche-christer-stromholm-9782953391053.html
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