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Vintage albumen print, signed and captioned in the plate, mounted on cardboard.
Column of Place Vendôme, Ruins of the Paris Commune by Paul LOUBERE (active 1860-1890).
The image is centered on the ruins of the Ministry of Finance. In the foreground, blocks of stone and rubble fill the entire space, and to accentuate the desolate aspect, the photographer frames the shot in such a way as to not distinguish any of the adjacent buildings that were spared.
During the Bloody Week of the Commune (May 21-28, 1871), numerous public buildings were set ablaze. For the first time, a major event in French history was captured by photographers who took to the streets to record the key moments of the Paris Commune. Photography preserved the reality of these moments, traces of which the nascent Third Republic would quickly erase.
Ministry of Finance, Ruins of the Paris Commune, Paul Loubère
Vintage albumen print, signed and captioned in the plate, mounted on cardboard.
Column of Place Vendôme, Ruins of the Paris Commune by Paul LOUBERE (active 1860-1890).
The image is centered on the ruins of the Ministry of Finance. In the foreground, blocks of stone and rubble fill the entire space, and to accentuate the desolate aspect, the photographer frames the shot in such a way as to not distinguish any of the adjacent buildings that were spared.
During the Bloody Week of the Commune (May 21-28, 1871), numerous public buildings were set ablaze. For the first time, a major event in French history was captured by photographers who took to the streets to record the key moments of the Paris Commune. Photography preserved the reality of these moments, traces of which the nascent Third Republic would quickly erase.