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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
French photographer (1819–1889) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French: [ɑ̃dʁe adɔlf(ə) øʒɛn(ə) dizdeʁi]; 28 March 1819 – 4 October 1889) was a French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite, a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman,[1] made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous.
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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri | |
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![]() Self-portrait, c. 1860 (Paris, Musée d'Orsay) | |
Born | (1819-03-28)28 March 1819 |
Died | (1889-10-04)October 4, 1889 (aged 70) Paris, France |
Occupation | Photographer |
Years active | 1846–1870 |
Known for | Photographic career as a daguerreotypist |
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