Pierre Petit (photographer)

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Self-portrait (c.1870)
Poster for the workshop
Pierre Petit is not to be confused with (Jean) Pierre Yves-Petit (1886–1969), another French photographer who usually operated under the name Yvon.

Pierre Lanith Petit (15 August 1832 – 16 February 1909) was a French photographer. He is sometimes credited as Pierre Lamy Petit.

Work[]

Petit learned photography in Paris in the workshop of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889) (together with 76 other employees). In 1858, he opened his own workshop in Paris with , later to be called La Photographie des Deux Mondes. This proved to be very successful and workshops were opened in Baden-Baden and Marseille (in partnership with Emile Cazalis).

In his lifetime he made thousands of photographs. In 1908 he handed over the business to his son.

Some highlights in Petit's career:

  • He was the official photographer of the International Exposition of 1867.
  • He went to New York City several times to report on the construction of the Statue of Liberty.
  • Petit made many photographs of the Siege of Paris (1870–71).
  • In 1898, he was the first photographer to attempt underwater photography.
  • He exhibited many times at the Société française de photographie (SFP).

Publications[]

The Pierre Petit Trademark
  • Galerie des hommes de jour, a series of photographs of famous French people of the day, published in 1861
  • l’Episcopat français, clergé de Paris, a series of photographs of the clergy of Paris

Museums[]

Museums that hold large collections of his photographs:

Photographs[]

Portraits[]

Others[]

  • The foundation for the Eiffel Tower (1887)

  • Exhumation of the remains from Gioachino Rossini. Wood-engraving based on one of his photographs (1887)

References[]

  1. ^ "Photograph of Ingres in the Musée d'Orsay". Musee-orsay.fr. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ Portraits by Petit[permanent dead link] at the National Portrait Gallery, London

External links[]

Websites showing photographs by Pierre Petit

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