| Dates: | 1859 - 1934, 6 April | | Born: | France, Versailles | | Died: | Tighzirt-sur-Mer | | Active: | France | | Gender: | Male |
French marine zoologist who carried out experiments between 1892 and 1900 with underwater photography at the Arago Marine Laboratory at Banyuls-sur-Mer, on France’s Mediterranean coast. He developed camera housings, underwater lights and filters to cope with the difficult conditions and used plates developed by the Lumiere Brothers for his experiments.Preparing biographies
General reading
Boutan, Louis, 1900, La photographie sous-marine et les progés de la photographie, (Schleicher frères) [Δ]
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Family history
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All photographs by this photographer
| 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 |
The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
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