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L’Unité d’habitation à Nantes-Rezé
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The Unité d'habitation of Nantes-Rezé is an apartment building located in Rezé, a suburb of Nantes, France designed by Le Corbusier. Lucien Hervé photographed the building, as he did many buildings…

Contributor:

Lucien Hervé

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Date:

1952–1954

Subjects:

Photography, Modernity, Aesthetics, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of exterior of modern apartment building taken from below an overhang showing a young woman walking toward a wall in front of her, and shadow of another woman reflected on the side of the building on the left.
Book Seller and Notre Dame on the Quai de la Seine
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Léon Gimpel made improvements to the technology of the autochrome that shortened the exposure time needed for a color photograph to be taken. His color photographs are rare documents of everyday life…

Contributor:

Léon Gimpel

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Art, Photography, Cities, Modernity

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of a sidewalk and large cathedral looming behind it.