Spends some time in the USA, where he takes
his first photographs of New York and first experiments in
film, with Paul Strand
Works as second assistant to Jean Renoir
on “Une partie de campagne” (A Day in the Country).
Directs a documentary on the hospitals of Republican Spain, “Victoire de la
vie” (Return to Life), also a documentary for the Secours Populaire, “L’Espagne vivra".
Louis Aragon provides him with an introduction to Regards,
where he publishes a number of photographic reportages, including coverage of the coronation of George VI.
Joins Jacques Becker and André Zvoboda as an assistant on Jean Renoir’s “La Règle du jeu” (The Rules of the Game).
