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Miroirs d'Orients. Dessins, photographies, autochromes, vidéo. Antique Mémoires de l'institut Mauritanien deFor centuries, the imagination of Europeans has been stimulated by the immense and unknown Orient. Mirrors of the Orient leads us to discover this vision halfway between reality and fantasy, created by the West. Illustrated with drawings, autochromes and original photographs as well as contemporary photographic and video series, this work unexpectedly overturns the traditional approach to Orientalism by offering the reader a journey of images, from