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Born May 9, 1820 • Grasse • France
Died January 16, 1880 (aged 59) • Grasse • France
Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, albumen silver print from wet-collodion glass negative by Gustave Le Gray, c. 1856; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gustave Le Gray
French photographer
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Scottish photographer
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John Draper
American astronomer
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Josiah Johnson Hawes
American photographer
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David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
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Albert Sands Southworth
American photographer
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Thérèse Bonney
American photographer
William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot
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Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun
French writer, photographer, Surrealist, and performance artist
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Eugène Atget
French photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer
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Gisèle Freund
French photographer
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
French-born American photographer and filmmaker
Pablo Picasso: Portrait of Dora Maar
Dora Maar
French photographer and painter
Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce
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Nadar
Nadar
French writer, caricaturist, and photographer
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Brassaï
French artist
Agnes Varda in 2018, wearing a black and white polka dot scarf over a floral top, with her signature two-tone bob hairstyle, looking at the camera.
Agnès Varda
French photographer and director
Grand Prix of the ACF, Dieppe, gelatin silver print by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
French photographer
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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
French photographer