Gustave Le Gray

Photographer, Visual Artist

1820 – 1884

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Who was Gustave Le Gray?

Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations in the still new medium of photography, his role as the teacher of other noted photographers, and the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making".

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Born
Aug 30, 1820
Villiers-le-Bel
Also known as
  • Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray
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Died
Jul 30, 1884
Cairo

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on July 23, 2013

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