Philippos Margaritis
Greek photographer (1810-1892) · Greece · On the map · Artists · Died at 82
Filippos Margaritis (1810-1892) is generally acknowledged to have been the first Greek photographer, whose earliest daguerreotypes, of the Acropolis of Athens, date from 1847.
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Born in Smyrna to a family of Epirote origin, he studied painting and lithography in Paris and subsequently opened a studio in Athens in 1837 and began teaching at the School of Fine Arts in 1842. He learned the techniques of the daguerreotypes from the French photographer François Perraud who arrived in Greece in 1847, and in turn passed on his knowledge to the students of Athens Polytechnic around 1850.
