Une Vie en Afrique, 1894-1939. Henri Gaden, officier et photographe. Architecture – Paysage thus offering the representation of

thus offering the representation of a society valuing an exceptional art of living

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it is appropriate to rid ourselves of the prejudices and illusions we harbor about Antiquity

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was one of the first to excavate at Karnak

Une Vie en Afrique, 1894-1939. Henri Gaden, officier et photographe. Architecture – Paysage thus offering the representation ofA 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