The Anglo-Ethiopian Society
Lecture - ONLINE - Édouard Joseph Bidault de Glatigné and his photographs of Obock and Tadjoura
Hugues Fontaine
Thursday 25th January 2024
Online event starting at 19:00 GMT - Public lecture (all welcome to join).
Note - Register for the event on Eventbrite and you'll be emailed a Zoom link shortly before the event.
Édouard Bidault de Glatigné (1850-1925) opened a photographic studio in Aden in 1878.
In the 1880s he photographed the towns of Obock and Tadjoura (in present day Djibouti), where adventurous French traders had settled. His photographs show an astonishing empathy for the Afar people he encountered, and demonstrate a vision that is the opposite of the typical colonial ideology of the time.
The new book Obock-Tadjoura: Années 1880 presents 126 photographs taken by Édouard Bidault de Glatigné, including a number that were previously unpublished, and places them in their historical context. It is also illustrated with maps and woodcuts taken from newspapers and journals to which Édouard occasionally contributed.
Édouard later became a friend of the poet Arthur Rimbaud and moved to Harar, where he took many more photographs.
Please reserve your place soon to avoid disappointment.
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Obock-Tadjoura: Années 1880 by Hugues Fontaine Publisher: Amarna Production, 2023 ISBN: 9791092157055 (softback), RRP 39€ |