Description
Presenting a selection of photographs from the musée de quai Branly - Jacques Chirac and other French partner museums, the catalog of the exhibition explores the circumstances in which photography was introduced in Europe in 1839 and then practiced around the world. including in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the American continent, by great photographers like Jacques-Philippe Potteau, Isidore van Kinsbergen, Auguste Bartholdi, Desire Charnay, Muhammad Sadiq Bey, Lala Deen Dayal, Abdullah brothers and Timothy O'Sullivan. It also includes a selection of historical texts that the theologian and philosopher Emir Abd el-Kader devoted to photography.
Characteristics
Authors : Pérez González , Carmen , Christine , Issam Nassar , Éric Geoffroy
