Camille Silvy: Photographer of Modern Life.
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The French photographer Camille Silvy (1834 –1910) was one of the most original artists of his time. More than any other nineteenth-century photographer, Silvy exemplifies Charles Baudelaire’s idea of the artist as an interpreter of modern life. This book explores Silvy’s innovative efforts to master industrial-scale portrait production alongside fineart photography in his popular London studio. Presenting sitters in modern dress was a new phenomenon and Silvy was a pioneer in the creation of the carte-de-visite (a photographic visiting card). Combining research into exhibition prints, still lifes, and street scenes, as well as the intimate, beautifully lit and posed cartes-de-visite, the book demonstrates Silvy’s extraordinary originality and his life as a man of both art and commerce. Item #27112
Price: $125.00