Born: 1847 - France Died: 1905 (ca) Gender: Male Active: US / France / Italy / Germany / United Kingdom / Austria / the Netherlands / Switzerland
French architectural photographer who was active in the USA (1873-1880s) and the France (1880s, ca 1905). He arrived in the USA in 1873. He had his studio in the United States in 4 Bond Street, NY in 1880 and also another study in 34 1/2 Pine Street, NY in 1887. He also held another studio at 19 rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris. In the book "Photography and the American Scene. A social history (1839-1889)" by Robert Taft he is referenced as the photographer who began the manufacture of the gelatin dry plates in 1878, and was an early competitor of George Eastman.
His main work was the at least 36 photographic series of "Modern American Architecture" which was one of the first photographic series to examine American Architecture. Each series is a portfolio (30 / 40 albumens of 24 x 20 cm each) with an index with the name of the Architect, Owner and location of the building. The architects were best of their time (Herter Brothers, Richard Morris Hunt, George Browne Post, R.H.Robertson, Peabody and Stearns) and the owners were also important (William Henry Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Samuel J. Tilden and John Harjés). He also created "Les Merveilles et les Originalités Architecturales a L'exposition 1900" that contained 100 tipped in cyanotypes of the 1900 Paris Exposition.
Albert Levy
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