The Société Française de Photographie

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Société Française de Photographie

Members of the Société Française de Photographie on an excursion, photographed by Charles Adrien.

The Société Française de Photographie ('French Photographic Society') is an association devoted to the History of photography. It gathers the largest French private collection of autochromes.
Some names of photographers of the SFP sound now famous: Léon Gimpel, Charles Adrien or Antonin Personnaz.
Photo12 represents the collection since 2000.

Landscapes

French heritage

Characters

The collection also gathers images from major events

First World War

Wonderful witnesses of a dramatic period, the autochromes of the Société Française de Photographie reveal what was the WWI, from the destructions to the victory, passing by scenes of daily life.

1910 Great Flood of Paris

The catastrophe through the eyes of the photographers of the Société Française de Photographie.

Versailles

The Palace of Versailles between 1900-1915 by Charles Adrien or Léon Gimpel.