Village in France: Louis Clergeau's Photographic Portrait of Daily Life in Pontlevoy, 1902-1936

By Louis Clergeau and Jean-Mary Couderc

Book Overview

Between 1902 and 1936 Louis Clergeau photographed the village of Pontlevoy in the Loire Valley, creating a series of more than 10,000 images, all carefully dated and recorded. This book presents 150 of them, devoted to significant events and themes in the history of the village, and depicting harvests and grape gatherings, marriages, baptisms, markets, festivals, parades, and the inauguration of one of the region's earliest airfields in 1910.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810937476
• ISBN13: 9780810937475
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary