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Natures Vivantes: Images & Jardins d'Albert Kahn [Lively Plants: the Images and Gardens of Albert Kahn]

Art / Photobook
By: Luce Lebart(Editor)
272 pages, colour photos
Publisher: Atelier EXB
Natures Vivantes: Images & Jardins d'Albert Kahn [Lively Plants: the Images and Gardens of Albert Kahn]
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Language: French

During the first thirty years of the 20th century, as the seasons and years went by, and in parallel with his Archives of the Planet project, Albert Kahn, a philanthropist, globetrotter, and collector, had thousands of colour images on glass produced, true "living natures", of his two gardens in Boulogne and Cap Martin. This was not a descriptive botanical approach, nor was it a collection of studies for painters, as was often done at the time. The operators used colour to document the gardens both in space and time, over several years. This approach was completely innovative: the images produced questioned the power of plants. Flowers and trees became photographic subjects. Autochromes, stereoscopic plates, and also filmcolour reveal a unique and little-known collection.

The result was over 5,000 autochromes and about five hours of films, which formed the basis for three bodies sections in this book: Un paradis vegetal (A green paradise), Plantes animées (Lively plants) and Souvenir d'un jardin disparu (Souvenir of a lost garden), punctuated by several essays from contributors from a variety of disciplines: film historians, photography historians, gardeners, writers, scientists, landscape gardeners, philosophers, artists... together contributing a kaleidoscopic vision of these gardens.

Summary in French.
Durant les trente premières années du xxe siècle, au fil des saisons et des années et en parallèle de son projet des Archives de la Planète, Albert Kahn fait produire des milliers d'images en couleur sur verre, véritables " natures vivantes ", de ses deux jardins de Boulogne et de Cap Martin. Il ne s'agit pas d'une approche botanique descriptive, ni de rassembler des études à destination des peintres comme cela se faisait beaucoup à l'époque. Les opérateurs se saisissent de la couleur pour documenter les jardins à la fois dans l'espace et dans le temps et ce, sur plusieurs années. Cette approche est totalement novatrice : les images réalisées interrogent la puissance du végétal. Fleurs et arbres se font sujets photographiques. Autochromes, plaques stéréoscopiques, mais également filmcolor dévoilent une collection unique au monde et méconnue.

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Art / Photobook
By: Luce Lebart(Editor)
272 pages, colour photos
Publisher: Atelier EXB
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