- 07 -142015
« In Honour and by Victory »: the 18 military units honoured with the title of Companion of the Liberation.
General de Gaulle’s historic call to arms from the London offices of the BBC on 18 June 1940, was the starting point for la France Libre, “Free France”. This military and political organization was determined […]
- 06 -252015
Exceptional artifacts on loan in Naples from the musée de l’Armée !
An exhibition dedicated to the King of Naples has been inaugurated in the splendid Salon di Ercole and the Galleries of the Appartamento Storico (Historic Apartments) of the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) of Naples where Joachim Murat […]
- 06 -162015
Exhibition “Images of Conviction. The Construction of Visual Evidence” in Paris
Images of Conviction. The Construction of Visual Evidence, he first exhibition organized at LE BAL, addresses both photography and the objectivity attributed to it. Ever since the invention of “metric” photography by Alphonse Bertillon at […]
- 05 -242015
Discover an enhanced playlist on the special exhibition “Churchill – de Gaulle” !
Discover the exhibition Churchill – de Gaulle through our dedicated You Tube playlist, enhanced with new videos. Three new videos : Churchill the painter ; the Special Executive Operation (SOE) ; the diarist’s workshop. A […]
- 05 -152015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Twentieth episode. A photographic record of French military operations in Mali.
A photographer with ECPAD since 2011, petty officer Jérémy has been in Mali with other military reporters since 13 January 2013 as part of Operation Serval. Two months after his arrival, he accompanies a group […]
- 05 -122015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Nineteenth episode. Opération Serval.
On 11 January 2013, at the request of the Malian government and the UN, France sent its troops into Mali as part of Operation Serval to stop the advance of jihadist groups towards southern Mali, […]
- 05 -082015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Eighteenth episode. Relief operations through photographs.
It is 4.53 pm, on 12 January 2010, when an earthquake rocks the island of Haiti. In Port-au-Prince, Wismond Exantus, cashier in a hotel shop, instinctively takes refuge beneath a display unit, but he is […]
- 05 -062015
May at the Museum
The musée de l’Armée will be open Friday 8 May and Thursday 14 May Each Tuesday evening, the musée de l’Armée stays open until 9 pm. Take this opportunity for an extended visit of the […]
- 05 -052015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Seventeenth episode. France in Afghanistan.
On 11 September 2001, the USA experienced a huge trauma which caused a major change in the global geopolitical order. In the western countries, the fight against terrorism became a major objective and made Afghanistan […]
- 05 -012015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Sixteenth episode. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: The Balkans on fire.
The difficulty of reporting on protection and security missions under on international mandate often arises from the fact that photographers have to bear witness to complex conflicts without the benefit of the opportunities offered by […]
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