Photographic archives in Paris and London Pascale Dollfus To cite this version: Pascale Dollfus. Photographic archives in Paris and London. European bulletin of Himalayan research, University of Cambridge ; Südasien-Institut (Heidelberg, Allemagne)., 1999, Special double issue on photography dedicated to Corneille Jest, pp.103-106. hal-00586763 HAL Id: hal-00586763 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00586763 Submitted on 10 Feb 2018 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. EBHR 15- 16. 1998- 1999 PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES IN PARIS AND epal among the Limbu. Rai. Chetri. Sherpa, Bhotiya and Sunuwar. LONDO ' Both these collections encompa'\s pictures of land ­ flY PA CALE DOLL FUSS scapes. architecture. techniques. agriculture. herding, lrade, feslivals. shaman practices. rites or passage. etc. In addition to these major collecti ons. once can find I. PUOTOGRAPfIIC ARCIUVES IN PARIS 350 photographs taken in 1965 by Jaeques Millot. (director of the RCP epal) in the Kathmandu Valley. Photographic Library ("Phototheque"), Musee de approx. 110 photographs (c. 1966-67) by Mireille Helf­ /'lIommc. fer. related primari Iy to musicians caSles, 45 photo­ 1'1. du Trocadero. Paris 750 16. graphs (1967-68) by Marc Gaborieau. 40 photographs The photographic library of the Musee de I' Homme taken in 1966 by Harka Gurung in the Upper Karnali currently includes some 2800 photographs, bOlh black Valley (Mugu. Tibrikot). a dozen pictures by Alexan­ and white and slides. devoted 10 the Himalayas. in addi­ der. W. Macdonald ( 1967). a dozen pictures laken in lion to the bundreds of photographs - not taken in the Terai as well as the Upper Trisuli Valley by R. account below - depicting the objects kepi in the Musee Rieffel, at the time a diplomat in Kathmandll. 15 photo­ de I'Homme elhnugrdphic collections. graphs taken in the 1970s by Albert Robi ll ard and The photographs arc classified first by country (India. approx. 20 anonymous pictures concerning Kathmandu Nepal. Pakistan) and then according to themes such as urbanisation c.1965-70. local inhabitanls and costumes. selllements. landscapes. The Ell a Maillart collection ( 120 prints) taken all agriculJure. herding, techniques. rituals and festivals. over the Himalayas and Tibet must also be mentioned. architecture and monuments, etc. Finally. in 1981-82. 100 more photogrophs from the The o ld coll ection (before the I 930s.) includes : Kalash uf the Hindu-Ku sh (Paki stan) wcre bought by - 28 photographs taken by Johnston & Hoffman c. th e museum from the privulc collecti on of the photogra­ I 880s. (cf. supra) pher Hervc Negre. - 4 glass pi ales ( 1890-1904) captioned Annel (name In addition to this black and while pholographs. the of thc au thor ?), epal. Photographic Library has some 200 slides taken in - 2 studio-photographs lakeD before the 19305. by H. 1969 by Solange Thierry in the Kathmandu Valley. and Wentz in Kathmandu and captioned 'Deux jeune. by the photographer Henri Bancaud in the Kathmandu femmes nepalaises' . Valley and Humla (nonh-western Ncpal) c. 1980. - Dr. H.E. Kauffmann collection : approx. 370 photo­ Bcsides these Himalayan collections. the photogra­ graphs taken in the 1930s among different tribes of phic Library oflhe Musec de I' Homme also holds Tibet aga in Assam and describing the agas' daily life and collections. including 35 photographs by Jacqucs ceremonies. Sacot. a great scho lar who undertook several Asian In 1958. these collections were augmented by two expeditions which led him to eastem Tibel ( 1907) and donations: various pans of the Himalayas ( 1913-14 and 1930-31). - Gabrielle Benrand collection on Assam: approx. 50 approx. 80 photographs by Andre Guibaut and Louis photographs depicting various tribes of the north­ Liotard who undenook two expeditions along the Sal­ eastern Himalayas: Garo, Apa-Tani, Naga. etc .. ween River up to the Go-log country in the bent of the - G. Pourcher collection on Nepal: 145 photographs Yellow River in 1996-37 and 1939-40. and 24 photo­ taken in 1958 in Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara; the graphs from Alexandra David-Ncel. who traveled wide­ former including a set on the "coronation ceremonies of ly in Tibet between 191 4 and 1938. the bulk of the King Mahendra" (approx. 30 photos) and • set on goat A.D. collection is kept in the Alexandra David- eel sacrifice. (approx. 25 photos). Foundation. Digne, France. In the course of the years, however, the HimaJayan section was expanded by photographic material collec­ Musee national des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet ted in the 19605. mainly in Nepal, by French anthropo­ 6 place Icna, Paris 75116. logists of the RCP Nepal based al the time in thc Musee Photographic Librarian : Jerome Ghesqui~rcs de I' Homme. Among them, special mention must be e-mail: jerome.ghesquiere@culture. fr. given to Corneille Jest and Philippe Sagant. TheMusee Guimet will rc-open in 1999-2000. The Corneille Jest collection comprises more than 550 photographs taken in different parts of epal The photographic archives of the Musee Guimet com­ (Kalhmandu Valley, Dolpo. Baglung, Langtang, Trisu­ prise 320 slidcs on Ladakh and 3600 slides on epal, Ii, etc.) among the Newar, Dolpo-pa, Tibetans. M.gar, taken chieny in the Kathmandu Valley and primarily Thakali_ Chepang ... during 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1967 concerning siLes, architecture and mon um ents. In addi­ mi ssions. C. Jest also provided photographs taken in tion, the Musee Guimet possesses a quile large collec­ Sikkim in the I 950s. (India drawers). tion of black and white photos donated to the museum The Philippe Sagant collection consists of more than by Jean Mansion. This collection includes pictures 730 photographs taken in J 966-fi7, mainly in eastern taken in Tibet. Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan. 103 for 'c!,am (monastic masked dances) and young men wearing vel vel hals. The pielure was probably laken D. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES IN LONDON during the Hemis feslival. IlIdia Office library Tir e Henry Lee HadweJJ ShUI11eworfh Collection Orienlal & India Office collections of the British Libra­ c. 19 10·1920. ry. MSS. EUR. D. 722. This colleclion includes 2 boxes SI Pancras, Euslon Road. London NW I. (O.722129 and 0 .722130) comprising black and while OIOC collections are expecled 10 move before spring pholographs laken by Henry Lee Hadwen Shuuleworth '99. (c. 19 10-1920) India's weslern Himalayas (Kulu . e-mail ; [email protected] Lahul, Spiti and Ladakh). Unfortunalely. caplions and a numbering system are lacking. The India Office Library possesses a large co lleclion MSS.EUR.D.772129 displays 249 mi sce ll aneous prinls, devoled 10 Ih e Himalayas. 11 is divided belween Ihe including some views of Leh (Ladakh), lemple inleri ors Reading Room and the Prinl and Drawings Department. and masked dances, Buddhisl monumenls such as chor­ For reasons of space, Tibet, Simla. Mussooric and Dar­ len and rock carvin gs, nomadic people (from Rupshu jeeling, and Ihe "North Easlem Frontiers Provinces" of '1), converted Chrislians. farme rs. ele. India (Assam. Arunachal P.) are excluded and only Ihe MSS. EUR. D. 722130 consisled of 169 beauliful pano­ most importan t coll ecti ons arc listed below. ramic views lakcn in Kulu. Lahul and SpitL including among many others a view o f Kyi village in Spiti. of IOL Rcadjoo Room Kyelang in Lahul ; Ihe connuence of the Pin and Spili rivers near Dangkar. Ih e Bhaga valley. or Ihe Tshomori­ The J. Claude IVhite Collection ri Lake in Ladakh. Mosl of Ihese photos arc also kepi in The IOL Slores Ihe bulk of Ihe l .C. While Coll ection Ihe Royal Geographical SocielY. bUI wilh capli ons. on Sikkim. Bhutan and Tibet. l .C. White (1853- 191 8) (illfra) lived for 2 1 years in Ihe Himalayan region. He was pro­ moted to Ihe POSI of polilical onicer in charge of Ihe Tire F. Bournes Collectioll 1925 administration of Sikkim in 1889 and of Bhulan in Under MSS.EUR. E. 364 is kepi in a box conlaining Sir 1905. Hi s pholographic albums Sikkilll (1902) and Tibet F. Bournes' and hi s wife's papers. medals. diploms. and Lhasa (1908), which contain some of Ihe mosl waler colours and an album of 120 pholographs shol in amazing images of Tibet and th e Himalayas. were 1925 during a one-monlh summer trek Ihrough "Indian publi shed by lohnslon and Hoffmann. Some of Ihem, Tibel" from Kulu 10 Srinagar across Lahul (Kyelang, primarily portrails and groups of people, arc also kepi Palseo, Baralacha pass) and Ladakh (Lingli pl ain . allhe Royal Geographical SocielY. Lachalung pass, Debring, Gya. Upshi . Chu chol. Leh. Saspol. Nurla. Mulbek. Kargil and Zoji -Ia). Th e Sir Charles Alfred Bell Collection This renowned coll ection encompasses more than 500 Tir e Sir Robert N. Reid Collectioll 1933·1941 prints laken before Ihe 1920s. The eolleclion focusing MSS. EU R. E. 278/86. An Album belongi ng 10 Sir primarily on Tibel, is di vided among 4 boxes MSS. Rober! Niel Reid ( 18 83- 1964) and conl ai ning 488 EUR F.801282: 801283: 801284, 801287 and IWO enve­ prinls concerning Bhutan and laken belween 1933 and lopes (MSS EU R F 80/288 a & b). 1941. C. Oell (1878- 1945) was a Brilish administralor who spenl many years frum 1901 10 191 8 in Darjeeling.