Night out in Les Halles. A young couple in elegant evening dress are eating oysters in the street sold to them by a street seller. The woman is carrying her handbag on her arm. They are standing near a pile of empty crates. Photographer Harold Chapman recalls that in order to avoid spots of brilliant light and endless reflections he slipped in and out of a busy cafe, took the pictures through the window, then left. People wore every conceivable type of clothing so he could slip about unnoticed in Les Halles. This area in Les Halles was famous as a place where people would go to celebrate after getting married by walking around the bustling streets and going to a cafe for a celebratory drink, or where students would go to celebrate their graduation. Part of the celebration was enjoying the chaotic scene of Les Halles at night, and cafes would be open twenty-four hours a day for the night as well as day trade. People would come out of the myriad entertainments that Paris had to offer, the theatre, shows, cinema, ballet when they would go off to Les Halles to eat and drink at the end of a night out. 1er arrondissement, Les Halles, Right Bank, Paris, France, circa 1960s.