The French School of Asian Studies (Ecole Francais d'Extreme Orient -EFEO) and the Museum of Fine Arts of HCM City are jointly holding theexhibition Vietnam Through a Lens consisting of 100 photographs selectedfrom a collection of more than 50,000 old photos of the Vietnamesecollection at EFEO.
The exhibition, produced by Paris Museum, wasshown at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris from March 14 to June 29 lastyear, before moving to Hanoi at the French Institute (L'Espace) and theNational Museum of History from December to March this year.
From1933 until 1959, the EFEO has enlisted the services of a professionalphotographer, Jean Manikus, assisted by Nguyen Huu Tho. Together, theycollected 50,000 pictures. When the EFEO left its headquarters in Hanoi,a copy of this legacy was sent to Paris where the new headquarters wasestablished in 1961. More than 200,000 photos are stored there.
Foundedin 1900 in Saigon and then moved to Hanoi in 1902, the French School ofAsian Studies is a public institution handling scientific and culturalresearch on Asian civilisations, which aims to support high-levelacademic research in the social sciences and humanities.
Throughits 17 centres in Asia, including India, Japan, Indonesia, Cambodia andVietnam, important field research is conducted in archeology,philology, ethnography, history, linguistics and heritage conservation.
Wanderingthrough the exhibition, the viewers will be able to discover Vietnam asit revealed through the eyes of historians and scientists during thefirst half of the 20th century.
The exhibition will be held until June 28 at the Museum of Fine Arts, 97A, Pho Duc Chinh street, District 1, HCM City.-VNA
The exhibition, produced by Paris Museum, wasshown at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris from March 14 to June 29 lastyear, before moving to Hanoi at the French Institute (L'Espace) and theNational Museum of History from December to March this year.
From1933 until 1959, the EFEO has enlisted the services of a professionalphotographer, Jean Manikus, assisted by Nguyen Huu Tho. Together, theycollected 50,000 pictures. When the EFEO left its headquarters in Hanoi,a copy of this legacy was sent to Paris where the new headquarters wasestablished in 1961. More than 200,000 photos are stored there.
Foundedin 1900 in Saigon and then moved to Hanoi in 1902, the French School ofAsian Studies is a public institution handling scientific and culturalresearch on Asian civilisations, which aims to support high-levelacademic research in the social sciences and humanities.
Throughits 17 centres in Asia, including India, Japan, Indonesia, Cambodia andVietnam, important field research is conducted in archeology,philology, ethnography, history, linguistics and heritage conservation.
Wanderingthrough the exhibition, the viewers will be able to discover Vietnam asit revealed through the eyes of historians and scientists during thefirst half of the 20th century.
The exhibition will be held until June 28 at the Museum of Fine Arts, 97A, Pho Duc Chinh street, District 1, HCM City.-VNA
