Camille Silvy
photographer
Camille Silvy (1834–1910) was a French photographer and diplomat who became one of the most significant figures in early landscape photography. After training in London as an amateur, he established a successful portrait studio in Bayswater before turning his attention to artistic landscapes. He is best known for his 1858 masterpiece 'River Scene, France' (La Vallée de l'Huisne), which was hailed as a pinnacle of the medium. Silvy also conducted pioneering photographic expeditions to West Africa in the 1860s.[1,2,3]
Themes
- Landscape Photography
- Portraiture
- West African Exploration
Books
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Camille Silvy: River Scene, France (Getty Museum Studies on Art)photographer
Works by Camille Silvy
- River Scene, France 1858 · photograph Albumen silver print; considered a masterpiece of early landscape photography.
Exhibitions
- 2010 Camille Silvy, Photographer of Modern Life, 1834-1910 National Portrait Gallery, London solo