The Archives of the Planet
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The Archives of the Planet was a project undertaken from 1908 to 1931 to photograph human cultures around the world. It was sponsored by French banker Albert Kahn and resulted in 183,000 meters of fil
The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx, 1914
Buddhist lama (Beijing, China, 1913)
Le Moulin Rouge (Paris, 1914)
Porte Saint-Denis (Paris, 1914)
Albert Kahn (banker)
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Albert Kahn was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating The Archives of the Planet, a vast photographical project. Spanning 22 years, it resulted in a collection of 72,000 colour phot
The Archives of the Planet
…Les archives de la planète) was a project undertaken from 1908 to 1931 to photograph human cultures around the world. It was sponsored by French banker Albert Kahn and resulted in 183,000 meters of film and 72,000 color photographs from 50 countries. Beginning on a round-the-world trip that Kahn took with his…
Albert Kahn at his office in Paris, 1914