Daniel Foliard
@danielfoliard.bsky.social
Historian. Photography and empires. Author of the Violence of Colonial Photograpy (Manchester UP, 2023). Université Paris Cité/LARCA
A Vevey pour le vernissage de notre exposition "Flash! Petite histoire de la photographie allumée" sous un grand soleil. A voir au musée de l'appareil photographique jusqu'en février www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Vevey pour le vernissage de notre exposition "Flash! Petite histoire de la photographie allumée" sous un grand soleil. A voir au musée de l'appareil photographique jusqu'en février www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
Strange echoes of catastrophic post WW1 experiments in 2025. Recently remembered this 1916 map by the infamous Mark Sykes who literally located "region like parts (...) of the Riviera, fit for European colonization" in the Ottoman Empire. Imperial imagination is all about endless recycling
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Strange echoes of catastrophic post WW1 experiments in 2025. Recently remembered this 1916 map by the infamous Mark Sykes who literally located "region like parts (...) of the Riviera, fit for European colonization" in the Ottoman Empire. Imperial imagination is all about endless recycling
Between Kneecap and Fontaines DC performances, thoroughly enjoying Rock en Seine this evening!
August 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Between Kneecap and Fontaines DC performances, thoroughly enjoying Rock en Seine this evening!
📸"Flash! Petite histoire de la photo allumée" ( curated by P. Martin, E. de Larminat and yours truly) will open on Sept 9 at the Musée de l'appareil photographique in Vevey! A collab with Photographica: n.11 (on Flash obv) will be launched at the museum on Nov.20
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
July 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📸"Flash! Petite histoire de la photo allumée" ( curated by P. Martin, E. de Larminat and yours truly) will open on Sept 9 at the Musée de l'appareil photographique in Vevey! A collab with Photographica: n.11 (on Flash obv) will be launched at the museum on Nov.20
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
📸L'expo "Flash! Petite histoire de la photo allumée" (commissariat: P. Martin, E. de Larminat et D. Foliard) ouvrira le 18/09 au musée de l'appareil photographique de Vevey! En collab avec Photographica: le n.11 (Aveugler pour voir) sera lancé au musée le 20/11
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
July 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📸L'expo "Flash! Petite histoire de la photo allumée" (commissariat: P. Martin, E. de Larminat et D. Foliard) ouvrira le 18/09 au musée de l'appareil photographique de Vevey! En collab avec Photographica: le n.11 (Aveugler pour voir) sera lancé au musée le 20/11
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
www.cameramuseum.ch/evenement/fl...
"impasse de la photographie", cool postcard found par John Erik Hansson
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"impasse de la photographie", cool postcard found par John Erik Hansson
Non loin de la Sixtine, sur l'un des plafonds des galeries vaticanes, naissance d'une nouvelle image au milieu des autres arts: un appareil photographique porté par un angelot
April 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Non loin de la Sixtine, sur l'un des plafonds des galeries vaticanes, naissance d'une nouvelle image au milieu des autres arts: un appareil photographique porté par un angelot
Salle des rêves dans l'incroyable palais Farnese de Caprarola.
April 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Salle des rêves dans l'incroyable palais Farnese de Caprarola.
Last day of the amazing "Encoding the Image" conference at TMU/Image Centre in Toronto under the snow!
theimagecentre.ca/symposium/im...
theimagecentre.ca/symposium/im...
April 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Last day of the amazing "Encoding the Image" conference at TMU/Image Centre in Toronto under the snow!
theimagecentre.ca/symposium/im...
theimagecentre.ca/symposium/im...
Une lecture recommandée: le dernier livre d'Omar El Akkad.
March 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Une lecture recommandée: le dernier livre d'Omar El Akkad.
We have restored one and, in the process, we think we have identified the sturdy guy holding the plans of the fake Egyptian temple: Mariette Pacha himself.
March 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We have restored one and, in the process, we think we have identified the sturdy guy holding the plans of the fake Egyptian temple: Mariette Pacha himself.
Look what I just bought for my lab @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social: pristine stereoscope loaded with views of the 1867 Paris universal exhibition! Part of a project with the EM+ lab (EPFL). Here a view of the American section when the US gov (a long time ago) was trying to make friends with Europe.
March 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Look what I just bought for my lab @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social: pristine stereoscope loaded with views of the 1867 Paris universal exhibition! Part of a project with the EM+ lab (EPFL). Here a view of the American section when the US gov (a long time ago) was trying to make friends with Europe.
Heureux d'annoncer la publication (14/03) de Passés contestés et présents numériques (Le Bord de l'Eau) avec J. Schuh pour la coll. UDPN dirigée par M. Beugnet et B. Bohet. On y explore la digitalisation des traces photographiques des histoires meurtries. On l'a voulu très accessible. Bonne lecture!
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Heureux d'annoncer la publication (14/03) de Passés contestés et présents numériques (Le Bord de l'Eau) avec J. Schuh pour la coll. UDPN dirigée par M. Beugnet et B. Bohet. On y explore la digitalisation des traces photographiques des histoires meurtries. On l'a voulu très accessible. Bonne lecture!
Rare early views of Hawaii (1860s, probably/mostly H. Chase studio) from Charles de Varigny's own albums (in private hands with his diaries). De Varigny befriended King Kamehameha V and became Hawaii's Minister for Foreign Affairs (1865). Hopelessly hoping for enough research time to work on it...
November 30, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Rare early views of Hawaii (1860s, probably/mostly H. Chase studio) from Charles de Varigny's own albums (in private hands with his diaries). De Varigny befriended King Kamehameha V and became Hawaii's Minister for Foreign Affairs (1865). Hopelessly hoping for enough research time to work on it...
Another release from the History of Photography special issue co-edited with Sean Willcock. Pierre Schill's take on the global circulations of photos of the Shar al-Shatt massacre (Oct. 1911, Tripoli). A timely piece on wars of images in colonial contexts. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 27, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Another release from the History of Photography special issue co-edited with Sean Willcock. Pierre Schill's take on the global circulations of photos of the Shar al-Shatt massacre (Oct. 1911, Tripoli). A timely piece on wars of images in colonial contexts. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you are interested in the history of photography and do not know about Photographica, you should! Last issue on decentered histories of early photo with great authors (Olubukola Gbadegesin, Ece Zerman and many others). Free access here: journals.openedition.org/photographica/
November 21, 2024 at 1:52 PM
If you are interested in the history of photography and do not know about Photographica, you should! Last issue on decentered histories of early photo with great authors (Olubukola Gbadegesin, Ece Zerman and many others). Free access here: journals.openedition.org/photographica/
Le projet HighVision qui vise à numériser et exploiter de vastes fonds d'archives d'agences de presse pionnières commence en jan. 2025. Appliquant les ressources de la vision automatique, il porte notamment sur le riche fonds Forbin: scanr.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/projects/ANR...
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Le projet HighVision qui vise à numériser et exploiter de vastes fonds d'archives d'agences de presse pionnières commence en jan. 2025. Appliquant les ressources de la vision automatique, il porte notamment sur le riche fonds Forbin: scanr.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/projects/ANR...
Rdv le 20 novembre pour une séance autour du travail de Léonel Noubou Nouwone sur les usages de la photographie lors de la guerre de décolonisation du Cameroun. Inscriptions: forms.gle/GjuzhL1m3owT....
November 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Rdv le 20 novembre pour une séance autour du travail de Léonel Noubou Nouwone sur les usages de la photographie lors de la guerre de décolonisation du Cameroun. Inscriptions: forms.gle/GjuzhL1m3owT....
My lab found and bought some of the original glass stereoviews. The optical device is gone in part but it must be somewhere in the Archives Nationales. There was also this massive bird's eye view in one of the staircases. The Soubise hotel was renovated in 1868/69 by Napoleon IIi so it makes sense.
November 9, 2024 at 11:54 AM
My lab found and bought some of the original glass stereoviews. The optical device is gone in part but it must be somewhere in the Archives Nationales. There was also this massive bird's eye view in one of the staircases. The Soubise hotel was renovated in 1868/69 by Napoleon IIi so it makes sense.
I have been working on a research project on the 1867 universal exhibition for a while: this geeky feeling when you know you've accidentally found a precious relic hidden somewhere in the Hotel de Soubise in Paris. Hope to be able to show them in an exhibition...
November 9, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I have been working on a research project on the 1867 universal exhibition for a while: this geeky feeling when you know you've accidentally found a precious relic hidden somewhere in the Hotel de Soubise in Paris. Hope to be able to show them in an exhibition...
C'est parti pour une délégation CNRS (laboratoire In Visu/INHA). Très heureux de rejoindre cette belle équipe pour quelques mois avec de beaux projets en vue. More soon!
September 9, 2024 at 4:09 PM
C'est parti pour une délégation CNRS (laboratoire In Visu/INHA). Très heureux de rejoindre cette belle équipe pour quelques mois avec de beaux projets en vue. More soon!
Beautiful installation by Hawaf Collective at the Palais de Tokyo. A museum in the clouds above Gaza. One of the artists, Mohammad Sami Qreqe’,was killed by the IDF in the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City in Oct 2023 at 24.
May 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Beautiful installation by Hawaf Collective at the Palais de Tokyo. A museum in the clouds above Gaza. One of the artists, Mohammad Sami Qreqe’,was killed by the IDF in the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City in Oct 2023 at 24.
Encore quelques semaines pour nous envoyer vos propositions en vue de la conférence sur le Flash que nous organisons en octobre prochain à la BNF (sfp.asso.fr/index.php/ph...). Keynote par saradominici.bsky.social et un débat de clôture organisé par Audrey Sands. Save the date!
April 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Encore quelques semaines pour nous envoyer vos propositions en vue de la conférence sur le Flash que nous organisons en octobre prochain à la BNF (sfp.asso.fr/index.php/ph...). Keynote par saradominici.bsky.social et un débat de clôture organisé par Audrey Sands. Save the date!
A reminder that you can still send us your proposals (in French or English) for our upcoming conference on Flash photography (sfp.asso.fr/index.php/ph...) to be held in Paris this October. With keynote by saradominici.bsky.social and a panel organized by Audrey Sands. Looking forward to this!
April 16, 2024 at 9:33 AM
A reminder that you can still send us your proposals (in French or English) for our upcoming conference on Flash photography (sfp.asso.fr/index.php/ph...) to be held in Paris this October. With keynote by saradominici.bsky.social and a panel organized by Audrey Sands. Looking forward to this!
Journée d'études "Guerre et dessin" à l'Université de Grenoble ce mercredi 20 mars. Organisée par Sylvain Venayre. J'y parlerai du panorama de la prise de Tananarive réalisé par L. Tinayre pour l'expo de 1900. Passez nous voir!
March 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Journée d'études "Guerre et dessin" à l'Université de Grenoble ce mercredi 20 mars. Organisée par Sylvain Venayre. J'y parlerai du panorama de la prise de Tananarive réalisé par L. Tinayre pour l'expo de 1900. Passez nous voir!