Missions Héliographiques

The mission was a héliographique 1851 by the Commission des monuments historiques commissioned photographic expedition.

History

1851, at a time of rapid development of photography, instructed the Commission des monuments historiques, led by Prosper Mérimée, the photographic recording of a series of monuments to which they operated the remediation; among other things, the restoration of several churches in Carcassonne by Viollet -le- Duc.

The participating photographers were:

  • Gustave Le Gray ( Loire Valley )
  • Auguste Mestral (central France)
  • Édouard Baldus (southeast)
  • Hippolyte Bayard (Brittany, Normandy )
  • Henri Le Secq (Northeast)

By the winter of 1851 caused more than 300 photographs, some of it is still missing. The program served as a model for numerous other projects of this kind, about the mission photographique DATAR and the Farm Security Administration in the United States.

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