From the streets and imposing buildings of Paris to the fields of Provence - France with all its facets has always been an inspiration for its photographers. People, landscapes, architecture - each image tells a story. There is a romanticism that surrounds France's capital - that cannot be denied. And this is also and anchored in the collective consciousness and photography of the French. It is not for nothing that Paris is often called the capital of photography. The development of the city and its media is closely linked. During industrialization, the French metropolis grew strongly. And with it, so did its imagery. This included the technical mass media such as print photography and photography.
The world's first known photograph originated in France, as did the invention of photography. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce photographed the view from his window in La Gras in the early 19th century. Another French compatriot named Daguerre then made photography popular and practical. The French government bought his process, which succeeded in permanently fixing camera obscura images. The Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Arts presented it in Paris in August 1839 and then made it a gift to the world.
This was the significant cornerstone of a long and still ongoing history of French photographic art. The visual and new type of art soon made its mark on public spaces in France and around the world. Important names from this period are, for example, the artists Henri Cartier-Bresson or Robert Doisneau. French photographers in general played a central role in the further have an incredibly important role in the development of this medium. They used it as an art form and as a means of documenting the history and society of France. Black and white images, dynamic, contemporary works, but also innovative shots and experiments represent the French photographic art. Important names in this context include: Brassaï, Félix Nadar, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Willy Ronis, Eugène Atget, and many more. At first, however, photography was often a documentary medium. Paintings and prints were replaced by photographs, which now visually represented the world. There was debate in the 19th century as to what purpose photographs should actually be used for. Science or art. Or both. In the 20th century, photographs became more and more a symbol of nostalgia for the French. This was also strongly influenced by the First and Second World Wars, which had destroyed the order of mankind. Photos were now the only way to see the world again as it was before. This becomes clear when you see the expressive images of French artists of the time.
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.jpg "Barricade During the Commune of Paris, at the Corner of Rue de Rivoli and Place de la Concorde by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Suez Canal, Port Said 1869 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Port Said and the Suez Canal, c.1875 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Disasters of War: The Tuileries During the Commune of Paris, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "View of the Paris Opera House, 1890-99 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Threshing Machine, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Thadée Natanson and his wife Misia Godebska in the drawing room of their apartment in the rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, c.1899 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Communards in the Place Vendôme during the Paris Commune, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann works: view of the Place du Carrousel during the demolition of the former king")
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.jpg "The Cannons of Montmartre during the Paris Commune by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Game of the Goose of the Dreyfus Affair, from History of the Third Republic, Vol. I, Political History, pub.1933 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Barricade on Rue de Charonne during the Paris Commune, 18th March 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Ministry of Finance during the Commune of Paris, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Bar Torcy, designed by Deschanel and J. Dussolier by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Marshal Achille Bazaine by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Cannon Park on Montmartre, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Woman wearing a Chastity Belt, 1890s by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Dammarie-les-Lys, Ruins of Farcy-les-Lys Abbey by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Girl in Body Stocking Holding Garland of Flowers by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Two Views of the Construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 12th February and 12th March 1889 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-487938).jpg "Juliette Mealy, French actor and singer by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Sailors Carrying Out an Exercise with a Landing Gun on Board a Ship by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Tsar Nicholas II Leaving the Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral in Paris, 1896 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Meeting of the Red Army and the Battalion of Mt. Taichan, scene from an oratorio glorifying Mao and the Long March staged in France in 1971 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-487956).jpg "Suzanne Despres, French actress by French Photographer")
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.jpg "A Natural History Class in a Primary School, Orme, Dissection of a Rabbit by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Breton couple in traditional gala costume, late 19th century by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Gien, Street Leading to the Castle by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Thadée Natanson and his wife Misia Godebska in the garden of their country home, Le Relais, c.1899 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Georges Feydeau, French playwright by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Advertising for fob watches, Comptoir General dhorlogerie, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-342778).jpg "Charles Gounod, French composer (1818-1893) by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Mademoiselle Hatto, prizewinning singer at the contests at the Conservatoire de Paris, 1899 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Calcutta - The Black Hole by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Dementia, General Paralysis, Illustration from Nouveau Traite Elementaire et Pratique des Maladies Mentales by Henri Dagonet by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Pupils receiving instruction in the courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Andre Malraux with his first wife, Clara Goldschmidt, 21st October, 1921 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Dreyfus at His Trial, from Histoire de la Troisieme Republique, Vol. I, l")
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 and Louis (1877-1944) Renault driving 1898 - (MeisterDrucke-325689).jpg "Marcel (d.1903) and Louis (1877-1944) Renault Driving, 1898 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Mata Hari, c.1905 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1049135).jpg "Fusiliers on Their Way to Exercises at Lorient, France by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Belgian Soldiers Guarding a Bridge During the Occupation of the Rhineland Demilitarised Zone by Belgian and French Troops, Germany, 1921 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "A table levitating during a seance with Eusapia Palladino 12th November 1898 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Mazas prison, Paris, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "A monk teaching a class in French speaking Africa, before 1914 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Oran, Algeria, fountain of the mosque of Pacha by French Photographer")
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_in_her_laboratory_in_1925_(pho_-_(MeisterDrucke-1538739).jpg "Portrait of the Physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934) in Her Laboratory in 1925 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Henri Moissan, French Chemist and Pharmacist (1852-1907) by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-487940).jpg "Mademoiselle Filliaux as La Commere in The Lace Review by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-989140).jpg "Louis Bleriot, French aviator by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Making Palm Oil in Dahomey, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Alexis Alexandrovitch Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Les Halles, Paris by French Photographer")
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_team_lEclair_first_ca_-_(MeisterDrucke-1006802).jpg "1895: The French Industrialist Edouard Michelin (1859-1940) Team")
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.jpg "Besançon, Doubs, Cathédrale Saint-Jean & Saint-Étienne by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Marble Gate of the North Entrance of the Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, Peking, China by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Rueil, Malmaison Castle, Bathroom of Napoleon I by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Danish women giving a demonstration of group gymnastics session at the Athens Olympics, from Les Sports Modernes, 1906 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Washing, Senegal, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Rocamadour, The Rock and the Town, North View by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Clisson, Towers and Moat by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charles Gounod by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Tunnel under the river Seine downstream from the Pont de la Concorde towards the Opera, 25th March 1911 by French Photographer")
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