The Toulouse Photography museum " Galerie du Château d'Eau " !!! .

• INTRODUCTION :

The Toulouse blog is pleased to present to you today our photography Museum, called : " Galerie du Château d'Eau " .

We are going to explore it together, and you'll see, it has many surprises in store for you !!!.

• A little History :

-From 1825 to 1974 :

This brick tower rises between " The Pont Neuf " and a place called " The Cours Dillon ".

The Toulouse Photography Museum is actually a former water tower that drew water from the Garonne River to supply the 90 fountains of our city.

Inside, you can see an old hydraulic system and a wheel, which was the mechanism used to pump water from the Garonne River.

Later, no longer in use, the water tower fell into disrepair.

As a fun fact, it was used as an exteroir set for the filming of the famous movie " La Bourse ou la Vie " starring " Fernandel " .

-From 1974 to 1986 :

It was in 1974 that the Photography gallery of " The Château d'eau" in Toulouse was established it this magnificent building.

It was a famous photographer from Toulouse, " Jean Dieuzaide " , who bought this abandoned building to turn it into the photography gallery of our city.

I believe it is a unique and extraordinary place in the world.

At the inauguration, on the façade walls, " Jean Dieuzaide " had a famous black-and-white photograph hung : The Stolen kiss in front of the Paris City Hall by " Robert Doisneau " .

In this splendid gallery, he organized nearly 500 exhibitions, featuring renowned photographers as well as young emerging talents.

Color photographers arrived with the famous " Niggi Messerli " and many others.

In the 1980s attention turned to the mutual influence between art photography and photojournalism.

In the 1990s, the gallery primarily showcased compositions by visual artists.

• " Jean Dieuzaide " , famous French photographer :

This is a famous humanist photographer born in Toulouse.

He is the only French photographer to have received both the " Nièpce and Nadar " awards for is work.

These two French prizes are the most prestigious honors that can be given to a photographer.

He produced over one million negatives, many of them depicting his native city of Toulouse.

He was also the photographer who captured " General de Gaulle " during the liberation of the city .

• The Architecture of the buildng :

The " Château d'Eau Gallery " in Toulouse features architecture typical of our city, made in of terracotta bricks.

It has a rotunda shape resting on a massive base.

At the top, there is a small dome with a slate roof.

Well, my friends, that's all for today.

I'm very happy to have shared with you thus unique place dedicated to photography in our beautiful city of Toulouse.

Welcome in Toulouse.

The blog from Toulouse.

Best regards, Franck.

Adress : 1 , Place Laganne 31 300 Toulouse.

BONUS PHOTO OF THE MUSEM EXTERIOR :

BONUS PHOTO OF A NEW PART OF THE WATER TOWER IN ODER TO MAKE EXHIBITIONS:

BONUS OLD PHOTOS OF THE TOULOUSE WATER TOWER :

BONUS VIDEOS :