The National Archives, a vast quadrilateral of 3 hectares in the heart of the Marais. Beyond the outdoor spaces and locations commonly visited, what are these magical places such as the National Archives? We are in a closed universe in the heart of a big city. A world of mysteries, rituals and codes. View asked, curious and witness the images created in a systematic manner, where the trace of living alongside the appearance and aesthetics of fixed assets.
Patrick Tourneboeuf traveled the maze and has reported a unique and unprecedented, lifting of the veil on these places so secret. Highlight the traces of human passage in these miles of shelving paper. The eyes of a historian, Pierre Nora, a great connoisseur of archives, has just crossed the photographer in the preface.