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Berck and Its History: From the Early Days of Photography to Contemporary Perspectives
Culture · Tuesday, October 27 · 09:00 · Berck
60, rue de l'Impératrice, 62600 Berck-sur-Mer
In Berck-sur-Mer, photography has not merely recorded reality: it has invented it. A seaside resort, medical territory, social landscape, fashionable scene, popular backdrop, theatre of wind and sand, Berck has, since the late 19th century, become a true laboratory of the modern gaze. Berck-sur-Mer is not just a motif; it is also a dispositif: a space where different regimes of visibility intersect, where photography participates in the birth of tourism, the invention of leisure, the democratization of travel, and even the medicalization of the …
