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Camille Silvy — The Day's Orders (L'Ordre du Jour)
Camille Silvy

The Day's Orders (L'Ordre du Jour)

1859

Narrative photography reaches artistic heights in this carefully staged albumen print, where Silvy combines portraiture with storytelling during photography's early experimental period.

Medium
Albumen print

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Camille Silvy, The Day's Orders (L'Ordre du Jour), 1859

Narrative photography reaches artistic heights in this carefully staged albumen print, where Silvy combines portraiture with storytelling during photography's early experimental period.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1859
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Portrait

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art