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.
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| 3 Amitié Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| A car parked in front of Saint-Maclou Church on Barthélemy Square, Rouen, 1951 |
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| A child at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| A woman washing clothes in the courtyard at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Brutus Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Buildings in Rouen’s East District, September 1951 |
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| Café T.P.L.G, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Children in the East District, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Cigogne-du-Mont Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Cigogne-du-Mont Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Courtyard among East District buildings, Rouen, 1951 |
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| East District courtyard, Rouen, 1951 |
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| East District, Rouen, 1951 |
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| East District, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Eau-de-Robec Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Eau-de-Robec Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Eau-de-Robec Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Edouard-Adam Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Girl holding a cat in the East District housing, Rouen, 1951 |
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| In front of 132 Eau-de-Robec Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Inside a café in Rouen's East District, 1951 |
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| Kids in front of La Grande Famille Rouennaise, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Kiosk at Place Saint-Vivien, Rouen, 1951 |
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| La Grande Famille Rouennaise, the former Ursuline convent, Rouen, 1951 |
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| La Grande Famille Rouennaise, the former Ursuline convent, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Pavillon Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Place de la Croix-de-Pierre, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Place du Lieutenant Aubert, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Place Saint-Vivien, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Place Saint-Vivien, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Place Saint-Vivien, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Rempart-Martainville Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Residence at 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, September 1951 |
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| Residential area in the East District, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Saint-Hilaire Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| The wall of 3 Marin-le-Pigny Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Theodore-Lebreton Street, Rouen, 1951 |
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| Tram at Place du Lieutenant-Aubert, Rouen, 1951 |
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