21 Ottobre 2014
Una mostra che commemora l’inizio della prima guerra mondiale con un’ampia selezione di foto a colori tratte dalle più importanti campagne dell’inizio del XX secolo: The World c. 1914 – Colour Photography Before the Great War presenta moltissimi scatti da Les Archives de la Planète, la missione creata dal filantropo Albert Kahn proprio alla vigilia dello scoppio del conflitto. Kahn voleva utilizzare la fotografia come messaggio di fratellanza universale, per promuovere l’immagine di un unico popolo proprio nel momento in cui la guerra prendeva il sopravvento. Accanto alle autocromie (il procedimento brevettato dai fratelli Lumière nel 1903), la mostra propone estratti dalla documentazione del paesaggio tedesco ad opera di Adolf Miethe, che ricorreva alla tecnica delle tre esposizioni usando per ognuna un filtro con uno dei tre colori primari, e testimonianze dal lungo viaggio attraverso l’impero russo di Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, realizzate utilizzando la stessa tecnica perfezionata da Miethe.
Albert Kahn, Sergej M. Prokudin-Gorskii, Adolf Miethe
The World c. 1914 – Colour Photography Before the Great War
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Berlino
1 agosto – 2 novembre 2014
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, sentenced person and the warders of the jail, July 25th 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète. Stéphane Passet, China, Peking, Yiheyuan, Garden of Harmony, Marble Boat Quinyanfang (Boat of Purity and Ease – Qing Yan Fǎng), June 29th 1912. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. Morocco, Benguerir, village people, December 1912 / January 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. Turkey, Istanbul, group of Armenian women and girls, September 1912. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Auguste Leon. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, dealer of homemade bread on the market. October 15th 1912. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Auguste Léon. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, Old Bridge, April 29th 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Auguste Léon. Serbia, Krusevac, saleswomen of poultry on the market, April 29th 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Auguste Léon. Egypt, Gizeh, Pyramid of Cheops and Sphinx, January 6th 1914. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. India, Bombay, Brahmins and Sadhus, December 17th 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Mausoleum Taj Mahal of Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal, January 19th.-21th 1914. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. France, Paris, XVIII. arr., Boulevard de Clichy, Le Moulin Rouge, June – July 1914. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. China, Peking, Palace of Heavenly Peace, Fourth Courtyard, eastern annex, a Buddhist Lama in ceremonial dress, 26 May 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. Morocco, Fes, portrait of a Senegalese sniper, January 1913. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Stéphane Passet. Turkey, Istanbul, Quarter Pera (today: Beyoğlu), street scene, September 1912. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.
Albert Kahn, Les Archives de la Planète, Auguste Léon. Egypt, Assuan, two young Bishari- (Nubier-) women in front of their dwelling. January 1914. © Musée Albert-Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine.