Jean Batailler’s snapshots of Africa, where he became Senoufo Chief and Appollonian Viceroy.

The Queen of the Félibrée (the famous Occitan fête), Le Bugue, 23 July 1922.

Working days and feast days in Le Bugue at the turn of the 20th century.

Portraits of West African women by François-Edmond Fortier between 1895 and 1910.

Young Sonrhai girl in Timbuktoo in Sudan. Photo: François-Edmond Fortier.

« Anthropological scenes » by Fortier in West Africa 1895-1910.

Discovering prehistory around 1900 in Aquitaine. Photographs by Henry Guillier.

Shepherdess on stilts in the Landes, photographed by Henry Guillier.

Working days and feast days in Aquitaine at the turn of the 20th century. Photos: Henry Guillier.