the story-tellers, part 46

chassure, a shoe and eiffel tower, paris, photographed by frank horvat, 1974

ombre de la tour eiffel, paris, photographed by germaine krull, ca. 1925-1930

autochrome of eiffel tower photographed by by albert kahn, ca. 1909

eiffel tower photographed by man ray, 1922

champs de mars, vue de la tour eiffel photographed by ilse bing, 1951

eiffel tower, paris, photographed by helmut newton, 1974

eiffel tower photographed by sabine weiss, 1952

the eiffel tower from passy photographed by andré kertész, 1935

paris: before & after

at the beginning of the 20th century, wealthy french banker albert kahn embarked on a project, "archives of the planet," through which he sent photographers around the world to document, in an early color photography process called autochrome, the cultures & settlements of peoples from six continents.

over the last few weeks, audrey cerdan & pascal riche, a photographer & a writer for the french paper le nouvel observateur, have been going though kahn's archives of paris, mapping out & meticulously recreating the positions & angles of the original autochromes, & documenting whatever changes they observe. the results, which feature a back & forth slider are amazing.