EVE NOIRE — Michel Huet, 1952

A striking mid-century photobook shaped by ethnographic gaze and formal elegance. Produced in 1952, it assembles portraits from Central and West Africa with a strong emphasis on adornment, posture and presence. The images move between documentation and staged intensity, reflecting both colonial-era curiosity and photographic control. Printed in Geneva, the book stands as a visually powerful yet historically complex object—situated between anthropology, fashioning of identity, and the aesthetics of early postwar European publishing.

Technical Sheet
Title: Eve Noire
Artist / Author: Michel Huet
Date: 1952
Medium / Materials: Photobook (heliogravure)
Language: French
Publisher: Ides et Calendes, Genève
Condition: Good (wear to dust jacket, visible aging)