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Isil<p>Le jardin Albert Kahn à Boulogne, aux derniers beaux jours d'octobre mais un peu trop tôt pour profiter des sublimes couleurs automnales des érables du jardin japonais. <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/albertkahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albertkahn</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/jardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jardin</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/jardinjaponais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jardinjaponais</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/pont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pont</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bridge</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/automne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automne</span></a></p>
Julien Martlet 🚲📚 🥗 📷 💻<p>📷 Le <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jardin</span></a> Albert Kahn était un de mes pèlerinages annuels avant que la conjonction COVID + travaux chamboule mes habitudes. Ses jardins <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/japonais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japonais</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anglais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anglais</span></a> et forêt <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vosgienne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vosgienne</span></a>, etc…autant d’ambiances apaisantes réunies dans cet espace bien restauré à <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boulogne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boulogne</span></a>. Retrouvailles agréables aujourd’hui, et je vous conseille d’y aller dans ~10 jours pour les plus belles couleurs d’<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/automne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automne</span></a>. Le <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mus%C3%A9e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musée</span></a> vaut également le coup d’oeil. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/albertkahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albertkahn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Marie Belanger<p>Today's Thing of Beauty: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windsor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windsor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Willistead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Willistead</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtyard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HiramWalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiramWalker</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walkerville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walkerville</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CanadianClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianClub</span></a> my childhood <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> branch Now hosts <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArtInThePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtInThePark</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/architect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> Photo by me</p>
Thomas McKenna<p>January 1930. A high priest of the Kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Benin, West Africa) poses for the photographer Frederic Gadmer.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Afr</span><span class="invisible">ican_Vodun</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> Museum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> # Anthropology <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Benin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vodoun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vodoun</span></a></p>
Thomas McKenna<p>A young woman poses in front of her home in Asyut, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>. Out-of-focus but beautiful (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> was difficult in any setting other than bright light), this 1914 photograph by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AugustLeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AugustLeon</span></a> looks strikingly modern. <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> Museum</p>
Thomas McKenna<p>1928. A tribesman of the Kochi pastoral nomads poses for the photographer in the Paropamisus Mountains of northwestern Afghanistan.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> Archive <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kochi</span></a> people</p>
Thomas McKenna<p>A young Khalkha woman of Mongolia, photographed in Ulaanbaatar in 1913. <br>She wears the traditional hairstyle, with her hair formed into two horns and the lower part braided. Her crown-like hat, worn for traveling or special events, is made of velvet.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> Museum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mongolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mongolia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Khalkha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khalkha</span></a></p>
anneeroper<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Tmmck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tmmck</span></a></span> BTW, I'm pretty sure the Archives included The Philippines (his photographers were all over). <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> seems to have been interested in indigenous peoples and their loss in the wake of colonialism, as opposed to those in power. A quick link you may already know of: <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-0442?byte=23189144;focusrgn=C01;subview=standard;view=reslist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/um</span><span class="invisible">ich-bhl-0442?byte=23189144;focusrgn=C01;subview=standard;view=reslist</span></a> &amp; another: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1927/03/20/archives/sees-china-leading-in-the-philippines-report-to-kahn-foundation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/1927/03/20/archive</span><span class="invisible">s/sees-china-leading-in-the-philippines-report-to-kahn-foundation.html</span></a></p>
anneeroper<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Tmmck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tmmck</span></a></span> Its a very small <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> museum in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a>'s former home and gardens but with not a large staff &amp; near the Bois de Bologne. BTW exhibition was in May 2005, opened by Nicolas <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sarkozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarkozy</span></a>. They deffo have the plates and Irish photos which I saw in situ in 2005 during exhibition. You can contact the museum directly (they speak english). BBC subsequently made a series. I've got a some books (one fat one not with Irish pix), old invite, postcards. See photos attached for your delectation! 😍</p>
anneeroper<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Tmmck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tmmck</span></a></span> Might you double check the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> archive? In around 2007 they exhibited the Irish photographs for a year within the museum in special exhibit including Roy Esmonde's documentary on Mespoulet &amp; Mignon. I was at the opening by the French Minister...❤️</p>
Thomas McKenna<p>Marguerite <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mespoulet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mespoulet</span></a> and Madeleine <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mignon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mignon</span></a>, two very early color photographers, made 73 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographs</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> in 1913 for Albert Kahn’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArchivesofthePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArchivesofthePlanet</span></a> project. They are the first color photographs of Ireland and they include this stunning image of a 14-year-old girl in the village of Claddagh outside of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Galway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galway</span></a>. <br> The Irish photographs are not currently included in the digital archive of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> Museum. My thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@anneeroper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anneeroper</span></a></span> for letting me know about them.</p>
Thomas McKenna<p>Reposting this 1918 color photo of a young Nasrani (Nazarene/Christian) woman of Bethlehem to commemorate the day. Photo by Paul Castelnau.<br>The biblical Mary was, of course, a Jewish woman of Nazareth.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bethlehem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bethlehem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> archive <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autochrome</span></a></p>
Thomas McKenna<p>A woman of Mumbai stands in the doorway to her house, 17 December 1913. <br>Photo by Stephane Passet, Albert Kahn Museum.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autochrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a># <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mumbai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumbai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> archive</p>
anneeroper<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Tmmck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tmmck</span></a></span> In the thumbnail post size before enlarging, I thought the Tibetan photo and date was in the vein of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> 's <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ArchiveOfThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArchiveOfThePlanet</span></a> project et le voila! Remembering <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mespoulet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mespoulet</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mignon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mignon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a></p>
anneeroper<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sheril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> This photo taken in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Galway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> c. 1913 and yes, in colour, not retouched by two <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> women photographers <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mespoulet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mespoulet</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mignon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mignon</span></a> working for philanthropist, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahn</span></a> for his <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ArchivesOfThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArchivesOfThePlanet</span></a> shows an <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> boy in skirt to fool the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Fairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairies</span></a> into not taking him away (because back then <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>girls</span></a> weren't worth as much and it was okay if they were taken by fairies)--so there's another bit of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/stereotyping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stereotyping</span></a>...copyright <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlbertKahnMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertKahnMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> 😍</p>