PHOTOGRAPHER OF MODERN LIFE
1834-1910
Camille Silvy was a pioneer of early photography and one of the greatest French
photographers of the nineteenth century. This exhibition includes many
remarkable images which have not been exhibited since the 1860s.
Over 100 images, including a large
number of carte de visites, focus on a ten-year creative burst from 1857-67
working in Algiers, rural France, Paris and London, and illustrate how Silvy
pioneered many now familiar branches of the medium including theatre, fashion
and street photography.
Working under the patronage of Queen
Victoria, Silvy photographed royalty, aristocrats and celebrities. He also
portrayed uncelebrated people, the professional classes and country gentry,
their wives, children and servants. The results offer a unique glimpse into
nineteenth-century society through the eyes of one of photography's outstanding
innovators.
Copyright: National
Portrait Gallery, London
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento