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Charles Marville, the pseudonym of Charles François Bossu (Paris 17 July 1813 – 1 June 1879 Paris), was a French photographer, who mainly photographed architecture, landscapes and the urban environment. He used both paper and glass negatives.
From 1862, as official photographer for the city of Paris, he documented aspects of the radical modernization program that had been launched by Emperor Napoleon III and his chief urban planner, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann.
An exhibition of one hundred photographs by Charles Marville, who documented the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III and Haussmann. See his poetic views of old and new Paris, its monuments, streets, and gas lamps.
Charles Marville, the pseudonym of Charles François Bossu (Paris 17 July 1813 – 1 June 1879 Paris), was a French photographer, who mainly photographed architecture, landscapes and the urban environment. He used both paper and glass negatives.
Official Photographer of Napoleon III, he become in 1858 photographer of the city of Paris. His task was twofold: to preserve historical prints of destroyed neighborhoods, thus proving the benefit of those constructions that would bring health, comfort and safety to Paris.
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May 4, 2014 · Widely acknowledged as one of the most talented photographers of the 19th century, Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879) was commissioned by the city of Paris to document both the picturesque, medieval streets of old Paris and the broad boulevards and grand public structures that Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann built in their place for Emperor ...
Jan 31, 2014 · By Karen Rosenberg. Jan. 30, 2014. In the massive construction site that was late-19th-century Paris, the photographer Charles Marville was just a few steps ahead of the wrecking ball. As an ...
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