Dossier coproduced by the Napoleon Foundation and the Centre historique
des Archives Nationales, designed and created under the direction
of Béatrice de Durfort, Director of the Napoleon Foundation, Luc Forlivesi,
curator of the Musée de l'Histoire de France, Philippe Feinsilber
and Olivier Mével of [BaBeL@STaL].
Design and creation
Research and coordination
Karine Huguenaud, art historian
Armelle Duval, intern at the Musée de l'Histoire de France as
part of a Masters degree in design and production cultural projects
[BaBeL@STaL]
Céline Jaubert
Peggy Chassenet
Artistic Direction
[BaBeL@STaL]
Fabrice Epelboin
Thomas Bosser
English translation: Dr. Peter Hicks
Arabic translation: InfoMédia
With the voice of Pascal Massix
Our thanks to all those who by their constant support, research
and enthusiasm made this exhibition possible.
Napoleon Foundation
Baron Gourgaud, President
The members of the Conseil dadministration
Irène Delage, archivist
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Director of the Archives de France
Michel Quétin, Head Curator, in charge of photographic research
Centre Historique des Archives Nationales
Marie-Paule Arnauld, Director
Nicole Plessard, Head of Photography Department
Pierre Portet, archivist
Centre des Archives du Monde du Travail à Roubaix
Alice Thomine, curator
Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de
Suez
Jean-Paul Calon, President
Philippe Capron, History Consultant
Dominique Charlier, secretary
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
Gérard Mestrallet, President of the Board of Directors
Patrick Billioud, Secretary of the Board of Directors, Administrator
of the Association Lesseps, representative of Suez Lyonnaise des
Eaux
Photothèque de la ville de Paris
Jean Gautier, Director of Ville de Paris cultural affairs
Liliane Gondel, Director
Violette Andrès, archivist
Other contributions
Jean-Marie Jenn, curator
Nathalie Montel, historian
Jean-Marcel Humbert, curator, Director of the musée national de
la Légion d'honneur
Eveline Cortet, librarian at the Institut du Monde Arab
© Napoleon Foundation, April 1998, all rights reserved.