Pyramides de Gizèh
Catalogue
- Year
- 1865
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.1 x 41.8 cm (12 1/4 x 16 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Gustave Le Gray
Artist
Printmaking
Gustave Le Gray was a French photographer and painter who pioneered the use of collodion wet plate photography in the 1850s. He developed innovative printing techniques, particularly the waxed paper negative process, which allowed for greater tonal subtlety and archival stability. His seascapes and architectural photographs, made primarily between 1850 and 1860, are marked by dramatic skies and compositional precision that elevated photography to fine art status. Le Gray's technical innovations and aesthetic ambitions established foundations for photographic practice that extended well beyond his lifetime.
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Palazzo Carini, Palermo
1860 · Albumen silver print
Cavalry Maneuvers, October 3 from the album Memories of the Camp de Châlons under General Decaën
1857 · Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
Untitled
1857 · Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons"
The Great Wave, Sète
1857 · Albumen print, No. 17 from the Vistas del Mar album
Setting the Emperor's Table from the album Memories of the Camp de Châlons under General Decaën
1857 · Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
The Bathhouse of the Zouaves from the album Memories of the Camp de Châlons under General Decaën
1857 · Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
Record
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- Gustave Le Gray
- Year
- 1865
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.1 x 41.8 cm (12 1/4 x 16 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1865-T003200
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified