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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Claude-Marie Ferrier

Names:
Other: C.M. Ferrier 
Other: CF 
Other: Claude Marie Ferrier 
Other: Claude Marie Ferrier 
Other: Ferrier pere 
Joint: Ferrier & Soulier 
Joint: Ferrier Père-Fils et Soulier 
Joint: FPF & S 
Dates:  1811 - 1889, 13 June
Active:  France
 
  
Early French photographer who recorded the items shown at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition. 
  
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Paris, France 
  
*Prolific producer of fine prints, esp. on glass; often used blind-stamp on paper views; worked with son Alexandre Ferrier as Ferrier Pere & Fils; still later partners with Soulier as Ferrier & Soulier in Paris, 50s-60s; co. passed to J. Levy in 64, and in about 66 became Leon & Levy, bringing in J. Leon, another Ferrier & Soulier assistant. Images used into 80s, on card-mounted views, under label of "Vues de Paris", but with original imprint still visible. 
  
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the World (Non-USA), (National Stereoscopic Association)
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others.
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Claude-Marie Ferrier
French, 1811-1889


 
In 1851, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations was held in London, which eventually came to be known as the Crystal Palace Exhibition. As the first international trade fair, it brought together a large number of consumer goods, all crafted or manufactured by over 13,000 exhibitors. It inspired many articles and books, which often included illustrations. The following year, "on a suggestion from the throne," a commemorative publication was issued with actual photographs of the displayed objects. The four-volume work was entitled, "Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into Which the Exhibition was Divided." The majority of photographs were taken by Ferrier, using the albumenized glass process, and the British photographer Hugh Owen, using the calotype process. Approximately 140 copies were produced and distributed (Mulligan, et. al., 226-229).
 
During the spring of 1856, torrential rains caused massive destruction in low-lying areas throughout France. Ferrier was sent by the French government to document the effects of the flooding in the Loire Valley (at this time, Baldus was also sent on a similar mission to the Rhone Valley). He returned to Paris with a series of stereoscopic views, which gave the illusion of actually being at the scenes of catastrophe (Daniel, 66-69).
 
In 1859, Ferrier and Charles Soulier opened an establishment in Paris to publish and sell glass stereo views. By 1864 their catalogue offered a large selection of views of Paris, France, and foreign countries including Norway, Russia and Japan.
 
"Photographic Exhibitions in Britain 1839-1865" lists 91 exhibits where Ferrier's work was displayed during the years 1852-1858 (see reference below for web site).
 
References
 
GEH web site:
http://www.eastman.org/taschen/htmlsrc3/tachap3_sum00002.html
 
Therese Mulligan & David Wooters. Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Cologne: Taschen, 1999.
 
Photographic Exhibitions in Britain 1839-1865: Records from Victorian Exhibition Catalogues
http://www.peib.org.uk/index.php
 
For technology/industrial images, see the Science & Society Picture Library:
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/
 
Malcolm Daniel. The Photographs of Edouard Baldus New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.
 
[Contributed by Erin McGrath - Lee Gallery] 
  
 

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 
  
 
  
 
  
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