With the introduction of photography on paper – a more suitable process for outside shots – the forest of Fontainebleau became a focus for the dialogue that was developing between the new medium of photography, often practised by those who had trained as artists, and painting.

During the years of the hey-day of the painters’ colony a number of pioneers in the new medium of photography, including Gustave Le Gray, Georges Balagny, Charles Famin, first explored landscape photography in the Forest of Fontainebleau.


Cet album met au jour les trésors inédits des photographes de Barbizon. Une précieuse somme de documents écrits et photographiques nous invitant à explorer le royaume des premières images argentiques qui ont eu la forêt de Fontainebleau pour atelier.