The aim of Olga Lemagnen’s research was to compare the dynamics of documentary collection observed within Parisian municipal institutions with those of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Enhancement
– Creation of a database of 1,500 entries
– Enhancement of the ‘Répertoire des photographes du XIXe siècle’ (available for consultation in the reading room of the Department of Prints and Photography).
– Study of the collection of the Union Photographique française, the anonymous collection of Old Paris, photographers: Pierre Ermonts, Charles Marville, Henri Godefroy, Eugène Atget; the Paul Blondel collection, the Georges Sirot collection.
– Organisation of a series of lectures with the department: ‘Le Paris des photographes (1839-1927)’, on 10 October, 20 November, 5 and 12 December 2024, Richelieu site, lecture room, 6.30-8pm