This exhibition brings together black-and-white masterpieces from the
Bibliothèque nationale de France’s photographic collections.
Nadar, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Willy Ronis, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus, Mario
Giacomelli, Robert Frank, William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Valérie Belin…: the
great names in French and international photography are brought together
in an itinerary that presents some 300 prints and covers 150 years of blackand-
white photography’s history, from its origins in the 19th century to
contemporary creation.
