Jean Tharaud 14412, Jérome Tharaud 14411, Pierre Daye 261330, Jacques Crokaert 163797, J.-M. Jadot , A. Gilson , Pierre Ryckmans 87174, L. Guebels , Paul Fontainas 261335, Paul Salkin 261336, Philippe Soupault 15116, J.-M. Derscheid — Le miroir du Congo belge [Two volumes]

Editions N.E.A., 1929, Cont. half linen, marbled boards, 286, Two volumes with French text, some illustrations and numerous B&W photographs. The photographs are mainly scenic views (landscapes, villages, missionaries) and portraits. The second volume also has a section on \"l'Art africain\" and African fauna and flora. \"Strikingly, the photographs focus mainly on the Congolese peoples, their traditional ways of life and external characteristics - body decoration, (lack of) clothing, hairstyles and so on - and not on economic developments. [...] The photographs, presented in all possible formats, seem to suggest that time has stood still in the Congo and the Belgian colonisation is necessary.\" (BERGHMANS, T. (2019). Photobook Belge 1854-Now. Antwerp: FOMU. p111, Redelijk