Tržiště ve Fort de France

synopsis

The marketplace in Fort-de-France is filled with a flow of vendors, shoppers and goods being carried from place to place. The camera preserves the rhythm of everyday trade and a multitude of small gestures that were not the primary focus of the shot. At the same time, this travelogue image serves as a document of colonial society.

biography

Alexandre Promio (1868–1926) was one of the Lumière company’s foremost cinematographers. From 1896 onwards, he travelled with the Cinématographe across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. His films expanded early cinema’s horizons through travelogue perspectives, bustling urban scenes and a camera moving through space.

film details

director:

Alexandre Promio