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Eugène Disdéri

French photographer (1819-1889) · France · On the map · Artists · Died at 70

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 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.

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Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous.

Country
France
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1819 to 1889 · aged 70