André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Photographer, Visual Artist

1819 – 1889

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Who was André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri?

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

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Born
Mar 28, 1819
Paris
Also known as
  • Andre-Adolphe-Eugene Disderi
  • André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Oct 4, 1889
Nice

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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