The sociological survey of substandard housing in Rouen, titled “Slums” in the MRU photo library records, comprises a total of 106 6x6cm negatives. It followed research conducted in the same eastern district of the city by Father Michel Quoist for his doctoral thesis in sociology.
Photographer Henri Salesse undoubtedly benefited from the experience of this unconventional sociologist, who was close to the Économie et Humanisme association, in meeting residents and photographing them in their homes.
3 Amitié Street, Rouen, 1951
A car parked in front of Saint-Maclou Church on Barthélemy Square, Rouen, 1951
A child at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951
A woman washing clothes in the courtyard at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951
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