The Substance of a Venetian Dream

In 1916, Adolphe de Meyer was already capturing the magic of Venice for Vogue. Today, Huis Marseille reveals an inédite (new) collection of 75 photographs, rediscovered in the archives of Tours, offering a rare glimpse into a life and artistic universe. The exhibition presents a private Venice, bathed in soft Venetian light, with its silks, gondolas, and friends. Camille Mona Paysant wrote a bilingual English-French book to accompany this visual exploration. The prints, preserved for decades, reveal a unique aesthetic, blending Pictorialism and fashion. This exhibition is a dive into the work of a pioneer of fashion photography, whose eye captured the