Affiliation entity
ECR
Interdisplinary research theme
Scientific imaging
Speciality
Photography, scientific imaging, technical photography, and cultural heritage documentation

Contact

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E-mail
jtoupance [at] cite-musique.fr

Teaching

I contribute to teaching and training activities in a variety of contexts:

  • Master’s Degree in “Music, Performance and Heritage”, Université Paris-Saclay – Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines: presentation of scientific imaging techniques applied to the study of musical instruments.
  • Training workshop on technical photography methods, which I co-organize and in which I also teach.
  • Master’s Degree in Photography, ENS Louis-Lumière, 2021–2023: I contributed to courses in sensitometry, colorimetry, and image processing as a teaching and laboratory assistant. These courses included practical sessions focusing on the characterization of photographic systems and colorimetric measurements.

Presentation

Trained in photography at ENS Louis-Lumière and in museology at the École du Louvre, I have developed a practice specializing in scientific and documentary imaging applied to cultural heritage.

Since December 2024, I have been working as a Photographer specializing in scientific and documentary imaging within the Conservation and Restoration Laboratory of the Musée de la Musique. I design and carry out imaging campaigns for the study and documentation of the collections, with a particular focus on technical photography and 3D digitization. I hold a CAMARI certification, authorizing me to operate industrial radiography equipment for X-ray examinations.

Since May 2026, I have been a member of the CAIRN – Scientific Imaging Applied to Cultural Heritage working group and am responsible for organizing the CAIRN 2026 meeting, bringing together photographers, researchers, and cultural heritage professionals working in this field.

Projects

Photographic Publications and Contributions

My photographs have contributed to the following publications. I am not the author of these publications, except where explicitly indicated.

Books

  • Véronique Brindeau, « Le koto », Musée de la musique, 2026, forthcoming.
  • Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry, « L’Instrument-monde, Une histoire globale de la musique », Flammarion / Éditions du CNM, 2025.
  • Lucie Kayas, « Ravel Boléro », La Martinière, 2024.

Articles

  • Jean-Claude Battault, Elisabeth Ravaud, Julie Toupance, “L’apport de l’imagerie scientifique à l’étude du clavecin d’Issoudun,” Musique, Image, Instrument, 2026, forthcoming, co-author.
  • Rachel Rosenkrantz, “Designing Mycelium: Exploring the Design Potential of Fungi,” 2026, forthcoming.
  • Patrizio Germone, “L’evoluzione dell’arco del violino,” Cremona Books, 2026.
  • Étienne Anheim, Jean-Philippe Échard, Marie Radepont, “The Fragmented Library of the Sounding Box,” The Journal of Material Text, 2025.
  • Christine Laloue, “Le Portrait de François Brémond par F. Wagner, un manifeste pour le cor à pistons,” Revue des Musées de France, 2025.
  • Jean-Philippe Echard, Marie-Eve Geeraert, “A Stradivarian Bow: A Jewel of Four Facets,” The Strad, 2024.