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Hippolyte Bayard — Le Moulin de Saint-Ouen
Hippolyte Bayard

Le Moulin de Saint-Ouen

1845

Rural architecture becomes the subject of this calotype, exemplifying how early photographers like this pioneer of the medium documented the French countryside with the same artistic sensibility applied to urban scenes.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 9 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)

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Hippolyte Bayard, Le Moulin de Saint-Ouen, 1845

Rural architecture becomes the subject of this calotype, exemplifying how early photographers like this pioneer of the medium documented the French countryside with the same artistic sensibility applied to urban scenes.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 9 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)
Year
1845
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Portfolio, Photography, French, Windmill, 19th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Rural Landscape, Pictorialism

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art