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Post by hwinpp on May 22, 2011 10:11:50 GMT
Somebody mentioned the name on another forum and I managed to find some of his photos. In one word, fascinating! Have a look: Mandarin militaire, mandarin chef de province et préfet en costume d’audience solennelle, 1915, vers Hanoi Le Pont Paul Doumer, Hanoi, 1915 Rue du Chanvre, Hanoi, 1915 Fumeuse d'Opium, 1915 La haute région à la frontière de Chine, Na-Cham For those interested in Vietnam, the Albert Kahn Museum in suburban Upper Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) next to Paris, the romantic Seine river, just beyond the bridge at Saint Cloud, is an address can not be ignored. The museum is located in a blue tie covered with trees an acre of space 4. This is where to store a collection of rare color images of Vietnam taken right from the early 20th century, the time photography was still early, when the technology was new color photography Lumiere brothers first patent first applied on a large scale .. The value of this collection is very big because it helps the current generation is evident in images, with colors clearly, part of Vietnam's appearance a century ago. belleindochine.free.fr/tonkinAK.htmsculpturehue.co.cc/documents/blog.php?title=photo-warehouse-invaluable-to-vietnam-in-the-first-century-20-albert-kahn-museum-%28paris-suburb%29&entry_id=1286873580
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Post by bjd on May 22, 2011 10:31:25 GMT
There is an Albert Kahn museum and gardens in Paris. This is the French page, but it's much nicer than the English one. www.albert-kahn.fr/
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 11:01:49 GMT
Yes, the Albert Kahn garden in Boulogne Billancourt is world famous for lovers of oriental gardens.
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Post by hwinpp on May 23, 2011 2:03:12 GMT
Have you been there? There seems to be a book published by the BBC. Will have to see if Amazon ships to Cambodia
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