Couderc, Jean-Mary. A Village in France: LOUIS CLERGEAU's Photographic Portrait of Daily Life in Pontlevoy, 1902-1936. Introduction by Nina Favard and Foreward by Paul Gottlieb; 143 pp., 150 b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
Chronicling events in a small French town in the early part of the twentieth century, this book of Louis Clergeau's photographs depicts the people and everyday occurences of Pontlevoy. Images of village rituals such as marriages, festivals and harvests combine to create a portrait and a history of village life as it was in France's past.