Musée départemental Albert Kahn: Promoting a Humanist Vision
Published on the occasion of the museum's reopening, this pocket-sized illustrated book, written by a photography specialist Luce Lebart, tells the remarkable story of Albert Kahn and his project The Archives of the Planet. It takes the reader on a journey through the steps of the humanist banker and his collections. This special edition of Découvertes Gallimard, with its accessible documentary approach and emphasis on images, is an essential part of our catalog.
Title : Musée départemental Albert Kahn
Subtitle : Promoting a humanist vision
Author : Luce Lebart
Co-publishing : Gallimard / Musée départemental Albert-Kahn
Collection : Découvertes Gallimard Hors Série
76 pages, Featuring 100 illustrations, with an illustrated hardcover
Format : 154 x 204 mm
Publication : 10 mars 2022
English version
Title: Musée départemental Albert Kahn
Subtitle: Promoting a humanist vision
ISBN: 978-2-07-294712-4
Price: 14,50 €
On sale exclusively in the museum's bookshop
Version française
ISBN : 978-2-07-294711-7
Prix : 14,50 €
Disponible à la librairie-boutique du musée et en librairie
The life and work of Albert Kahn (1860-1940), who devoted his entire fortune to a humanistic project promoting universal peace and understanding at the turn of the twentieth century, are truly a source of fascination. A keen enthusiast of both cultural diversity and nature, he fully embraced the technical innovations of his time-cinematography, stereoscopic photography and the autochrome process- to compile an inventory featuring images of a rapidly changing world: Les Archives de la Planète.
These remarkable images at the Musée Départemental Albert Kahn in Boulogne-Billancourt form a unique collection. The past comes to life through the luminous colors of the autochromes and the film footage, while the garden, with species from all over the world, provides an exceptionnally lush setting in wich to share this dream of harmony.
Luce Lebart is a historian of photography, exhibition curator, and researcher affiliated with the Archive of Modern Conflict collection. She is the author of general works such as A Global History of Women Photographers, co-edited with Marie Robert (2020), and The Great Photographers of the 20th Century (2017), as well as several books based on photographic archives, including Mold is Beautiful, Lady Liberty, Gold and Silver, and Inventions (1915-1938).
