The Photogrammes of the Lumière Brothers
This documentary exhibition was the occasion to present in the space devoted to cinema the seven original photogrammes by Auguste and Louis Lumière given to the Musée d'Orsay by the museum of cinema in Lyon. These photogrammes - photographic prints printed by contact from the cinematographic negatives - aim at facilitating a quick visualisation of a fragment of film. These seven prints are part of a group of 65 photogrammes assembled by Auguste Louis in order to catalogue the first 1000 films directed by the different operators of the Lumière firm. Each of these films was represented in this catalogue by four fixed views, judged by the directors to be significant of the spirit of the film, and which made it possible to perceive the evolution of movement.
All the photogrammes by the Lumière brothers, seen as a whole, show the extreme variety of themes dealt with between 1895 and 1897 by the firm operators.
Nevertheless, those chosen by the Musée d'Orsay picked the privilege movement (e.g.dance scenes, shots taken in a train), so that one could seize a really instantaneous vision.
The exhibition is now over.
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