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The front page chosen by the newspaper Libération this Wednesday, January 8 to return to the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, a major figure of the French extreme right for more than 70 years.
MEDIA – The reference behind the reference. Without much surprise, the main French newspapers revealed this Wednesday, January 8, a front page in reference to the death of the founder of the National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died the day before at the age of 96. With at the head of the gondola, that of Liberationa newspaper historically opposed to the ideas of “ Devil of the Republic » and known for his catchy titles.
On this front page, the daily headlined “ Marshal, here he is », in a clever reference to the propaganda song written in 1941 in honor of Marshal Pétain, a figure appreciated by Jean-Marie Le Pen. A Shocking news, the behind-the-scenes details of its conception were revealed Tuesday evening by the show Dailypresent in the premises of Libé at the conclusion of this An event for French political life.
But the “devil” is above all in the details, as we can discover by delving into a newspaper article detailing his iconographic choice. In fact the photo, a photo signed Helmut Newton, shows Jean-Marie Le Pen, then aged 70, posing seated with his two Dobermans from the Montretout manor, Gitane and Gaulois.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen did not want to pose with his dogs
Before his death in 2004, the man who photographed Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1997 in his famous residence in Saint-Cloud had confided some details to the newspaper about this photo session. “ Commissioned for the (magazine) New Yorker », this photo is an idea from the photographer specializing in nudes and fashion photos. “ I first staged a first photo where he had a large Bible in his hands. I had a harder time convincing him to pose with his dogs. He didn’t want to, but I was able to persuade him.”revealed the Australian artist of German origin.
“I have to do everything to get the portrait done. Even when I don’t agree with my role model’s opinions. After all, I am a photographer, not a judge”also affirmed Helmut Newton to Liberation. By having him pose like this with Dobermans, the link was made with another photo of a figure of the extreme right, in a costume, proudly displaying himself with his faithful pet: a portrait of Adolf Hitler, captured by Heinrich Hoffmann (dated between 1923 and 1925)
A reference that the photographer did not recognize. “ When I take a photo, I’m innocent, I don’t think about anything.” defended himself the one who had fled Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany in 1938. As for Jean-Marie Le Pen, he denied knowing the existence of a similar cliché of the founder of Nazism. “ I don’t know of any photo of Hitler where he poses sitting with his dog Blondi… and in any case lots of people pose with their dogs.he said in an article in Mondepublished in 2012.
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This Wednesday, other French press titles were inspired by the disappearance of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Starting with Humanitywho didn’t pull any punches by titling “ Hatred was his job », all accompanied by his famous dagger, lost during the Algerian war.
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More sober, The Cross et The Parisian respectively titled: “ Death of far-right tribune » et « It was Jean-Marie Le Pen ».
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