A Life in Africa, 1894-1939. Henri Gaden, officer and photographer.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 21283 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 360 p., 300 illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757213629 |
A passionate amateur photographer, Henri Gaden never parted from his camera during his forty-year career as an officer and administrator in Africa. His photographs constitute a unique visual collection of daily military and colonial life, as well as local communities and ethnic groups. Camera in hand, Gaden was able to act as a witness to capture scenes of life, women and men, an atmosphere, an exchange, a certain complicity between the administrator and his model, whether it was a prestigious vanquished like Samory Touré or a simple encounter in a village, from Chad to French Sudan, from 1894 to 1939.
A passionate amateur photographer, Henri Gaden never parted from his camera during his forty-year career as an officer and administrator in Africa. His photographs constitute a unique visual collection of daily military and colonial life, as well as local communities and ethnic groups. Camera in hand, Gaden was able to act as a witness to capture scenes of life, women and men, an atmosphere, an exchange, a certain complicity between the administrator and his model, whether it was a prestigious vanquished like Samory Touré or a simple encounter in a village, from Chad to French Sudan, from 1894 to 1939.