Edouard Hannon
From One Picture to Another

A film by François Ducat Pierre Lacourt | 1988

Belgium
fr
en
13'

Edouard Hannon, From One Picture to Another

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Synopsis

In this short film, two narrators - photographer Marie-Paule Stockaert and filmmaker Philippe Van Cutsem - explore the archives of photographer Edouard Hannon (1853-1931), trying to unravel the mystery of his work. This Belgian engineer, who practised photography as an amateur, produced an astonishing body of work, ranging from pictorialism to reportage. Is the power of these images the result of a conscious artistic search or mere chance? Although Edouard Hannon considered photography to be a hobby, his photographs nevertheless reveal a highly refined eye, driven by an insatiable curiosity about mankind.

What you will find in this film

A documentary with the impression of a silent film • images ranging from pictorialism to reportage • an amateur photographer with professional qualities • a social perspective • images of the world at the turn of the 20th century • a part of the history of Belgian photography

Keywords

Reportage & Society Portrait & Aesthetics Analogue Photography History of Photography

I think he wanted to do more than just documenting his time. Otherwise, there wouldn't be this vibrancy, it would just be colder photos.

Philippe Van Cutsem Film director

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The authors/artists

François Ducat

Further exploration

RÉTROSPECTIVE EDOUARD HANNON ; Gilbert de Keyser & Jean-Louis Godefroid ; Contrtype ; 1986

POUR UNE HISTOIRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE EN BELGIQUE ; Georges Vercheval (dir) ; Musée de la photographie de Charleroi ; 1993

https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/edouard-hannon/

https://maisonhannon.be/fr/decouvrir

http://www.contretype.org/v1/nl/03/03_01_hannon.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258257696_Suivi_des_papillons_de_jour_dans_le_cadre_de_la_restauration_ecologique_de_fonds_de_vallees_et_de_zones_humides_enresines_en_Belgique_et_au_Grand-Duche_de_Luxembourg