“Les Archives de la Planete”. Photographs and films pioneers of the renovated Musée Albert Kahn. Boulogne-Billancourt (Grand Paris)

Abstract

The collection of pioneering photographs and films gathered in the so -called Arch ives de la Planète , houses around 72,000 photographs taken on autochrome glass plates, as well as thousands of film meters made between 1908 and 1932 at the behest of the humanist and patron Albert Kahn, who was aware that the expansion of Western culture and the unstoppable contribution of the new technologies would lead to a change in the world convinced that lack of knowledge of non -native cultures, was the cause of numerous avoidable confrontations between countries, promoted a series of photographic missions that recorded and gave testimony, for the present and future knowledge, of the specific characteristics of the diverse existing cultures. To ensure better conservation and dissemination of this great cultural legacy, the Department of Hauts de Sein e (Greater Paris) has undertaken a renovation of the Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens , including a new entrance pavilion and the updating of the rest of the buildings they constitute him.