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““The more he saw, the more he doubted. He watched men narrowly, and saw how, beneath the surface, courage was often rashness; and prudence, cowardice; generosity, a clever piece of calculation; justice, a wrong; delicacy, pusillanimity; honesty, a modus vivendi; and by some strange dispensation of fate, he must see that those who at heart were really honest, scrupulous, just, generous, prudent or brave were held cheaply by their fellow-men.”

“for photography does not create eternity, as art does, it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.”

film · françois trauffaut's 400 blows gives viewers a glimpse into the legendary french new wave director's mismanaged childhood while reflecting his early influences.

music · this number from our film's score by jean constantin, école buissonnière, embodies the mischievous and futile meanderings of children unwatched.

words I · as one of the founders of realism in european literature, honore de balzac, encapsulates what it means to be human, questioning morality and society's influence on our identities, themes explored by trauffaut in this film and beyond.

paintings · a snapshot of balthus's controversial fascination with youth.

words II · amongst truffaut's major early influencers was andre bazin, a film critic that introduced the young almost-delinquent to the film world.

photographs · on the other side of the atlantic pond, helen levitt captures the powerless capability of children in her body of work that is at the hear of this compendium.