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 "Portrait of Marie Curie c.1901 by French Photographer")
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_in_his_garden_at_Giverny_1925_-_(MeisterDrucke-66841).jpg "Claude Monet in his garden at Giverny, 1925 by French Photographer")
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 on the Grands Boulevards Paris c - (MeisterDrucke-333669).jpg "Vespasienne (public urinal) on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, c.1900 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 "Threshing Machine, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Cannons of Montmartre during the Paris Commune 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 "Marshal Achille Bazaine 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 "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 "View of the Paris Opera House, 1890-99 by French Photographer")
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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 "Communards in the Place Vendôme during the Paris Commune, 1871 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 "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 "Fruit merchants in Cairo, Egypt 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 "Cannon Park on Montmartre, 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 "Maximilian I by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1511164).jpg "Algeria: Landscape of the South by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Trocadero seen from the Eiffel Tower - the Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Woman wearing a Chastity Belt, 1890s by French Photographer")
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 observing insects from Souvenir - (MeisterDrucke-325979).jpg "Jean-Henri Fabre observing insects, from Souvenirs Entomologiques, published in 1924 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1541173).jpg "Man Embracing Woman, and Kissing Her Chest 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 "Berthe Morisot, c.1870 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Warriors, Belgian Congo, 1894 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Cour des Comptes during the Commune of Paris, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Anthropometric classification and identification of the Bertillon system: comparison of different types of straight ears (lobe). Late 19th century by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Lyon, Church of St-Nizier, West Facade by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Curie c.1901 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Gabrielle Coco Chanel by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Paris, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont by French Photographer")
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_Empress_of_Austria_and_-_(MeisterDrucke-602770).jpg "Portrait of Elisabeth of Austria Called Sissi (1837-1898), Empress of Austria and Queen Consort of Hungary 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 "Victor Baillot, the Last Survivor of the Battle of Waterloo, Photographed at Carisey on 22 April 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 "Russian pavilion, Paris, Universal Exhibition of 1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Palais Longchamps, Marseilles by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Lillers, Church, Northwest View by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Saint-Omer, Ruins of Saint-Bertin Abbey by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Construction of the Statue of Liberty (Detail), c.1876 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Chastity Belt by French Photographer")
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_French_novelist_-_(MeisterDrucke-344393).jpg "Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), French novelist by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Jules-Andre Peugeot, first French soldier to be killed in the First World War on 2 August 1914 by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-339158).jpg "A little girl blowing bubbles from a pipe by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Mata Hari, c.1905 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "The Construction of the Statue of Liberty (Detail), c.1876 by French Photographer")
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_German_Field_-_(MeisterDrucke-602889).jpg "Portrait of Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke the Elder (1800-1891), German Field Marshal by French Photographer")
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.jpg "General view of the Paris Opera House by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Young man and woman kissing as viewed through a peephole by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Cour des Comptes during the Commune of Paris, 1871 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Cannes, Le Cours et Boulevard de la Croisette by French Photographer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1649834).jpg "Angers, Eveche by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Tramway in Paris, c.1900 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Train accident at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris on 22nd October 1895 by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Mathilde Roberty and Madeleine Gide, Garden of Cuverville by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Girl in Body Stocking Holding Garland of Flowers by French Photographer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau 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 "Tamara Karsavina in the ballet")
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.jpg "Esther Lachmann, known as La Paiva, late 19th century by French Photographer")
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