Taking an exhibition of photos of three cities (Le Havre, Berlin and Jerusalém) as a guideline, the article discusses urban cultures and possibilities of representation and exhibition of modern urban events. How to associate series of images in order to clarify political propositions and the memory of cities in face of these events? The analysis of images of cities in context of war (Jerusalém) and of reconstruction (Berlin, Le Havre) refers to the production of urban cultures and architectures between local memory and international flows.
cities; globalization; memory; representation
