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Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish photographer and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno; Hércules Florence (1804–1879) Fernand Fonssagrives (1910–2003) Vincent Fournier (born 1970), Burkina Faso-born Paris-based photographer; Auguste François (1857–1935) Charles Fréger (born 1975), portrait photographer; Jean-Baptiste Frénet (1814–1889)
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e] [s 1] The ...
Pages in category "French photographers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 256 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Tarrare (; c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager.
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French pronunciation: [ɡaspaʁ feliks tuʁnaʃɔ̃]; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910 [1]), known by the pseudonym Nadar or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs.
French painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker, drawer and architectural draftsperson: Date of birth/death: 25 February 1841 : 3 December 1919 / 17 December 1919 : Location of birth/death: Limoges : Cagnes-sur-Mer : Work period: 1854 –1919 : Work location
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841 – disappeared 16 September 1890, declared dead 16 September 1897) was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, and director of Roundhay Garden Scene. He was possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of (paper) film.
Henri-Jean Guillaume "Henri" Martin (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒɑ̃ ɡijom maʁtɛ̃]; 5 August 1860 – 12 November 1943) was a French painter.Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1917, he has been described as a prolific master whose work has touches of melancholy, dreaminess and mystery.