Large Chartreuse, Photo J. Moulin, Glass Plate, Color, Positive 8.5×10 Cm

This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. The sober and elegant facade of thechurch of the convent of the Grande Chartreuse appears at the foot of the wooded cliffs. The vaulted portal, topped by a niche housing a statue, gives access to this high place of spirituality, the heart of the Carthusian order founded by Saint Bruno in the 11th century. The sloping roofs and bell towers are part of an austere mountain landscape, in perfect harmony with the spirit of silence and meditation specific to the Carthusians. – Pl.

Mont Pelvoux, Galibier, Photo J. Moulin, Color Glass Plate, Positive 8.5×10 Cm

This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. From the heights of the Col du Galibier, the gaze starts east and meets the imposing mass of Mont Pelvoux. This emblematic top of the writings, haloed by mists and snow, dominates a chaotic horizon of serrated ridges and glaciers. The shooting restores all the majesty and the harshness of this mythical mountain, long considered as the highest peak of the French Alps before the conquest of Mont Blanc. – Place : Col du Galibier, view to the Massif des Écrins (French Alps) -.

Aiguebelle, Savoie, Photo J. Moulin, Color Glass Plate, Positive 8.5X10 Cm

This plaque comes from a private collection that belonged to a photographer collaborating with the Maison de la Bonne Press. Founded in July 1873, the Maison de la Bonne Press was an important French publishing house. She bore this name until 1969, before becoming Bayard Press in 1970, in order to modernize her image. Photographer: J. Moulin (name inscribed on the plate) The central street ofAiguebelle, in the heart of the Maurienne valley, is revealed in a calm atmosphere. A woman sits in the middle of the road while other residents go about their business near houses with ajar shutters. The aligned facades, the signs and the perspective on the surrounding mountains offer a precious testimony of everyday life in this Savoyard town at the turn of the 20th century. – Support: Magic lanter.