Hippolyte Jouvin
Hippolyte Jouvin (1825–1889) was a French photographer and publisher of stereoscopic photographs. He is considered a pioneer in the field of photogravure, and was one of the first photographers to use wet collodion process. In 1863, he published a series of over two hundred stereoscopic photographs titled Vues instantanées de Paris ("instant views of Paris").
Hippolyte Jouvin
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- Name
- Hippolyte Jouvin
- Born
- 1825
- Birthplace
- Clinchamp, France
- Died
- 1889
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Known for
- Stereoscopic Photography
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- French
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Hippolyte Jouvin (1825–1889) was a French photographer and publisher of stereoscopic photographs. He is considered a pioneer in the field of photogravure, and was one of the first photographers to use wet collodion process. In 1863, he published a series of over two hundred stereoscopic photographs titled Vues instantanées de Paris ("instant views of Paris").
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Hippolyte Jouvin (1825–1889) was a French photographer. Born in Clinchamp, the photographer died in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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The term "instant" refers to the fast exposure time which allowed for the capture of people in the streets. In 1867, Jouvin won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle for his photogravures. Art historians have argued that Jouvin's Vues instantanées de Paris may have been a source of inspiration to the Impressionists. Art historian Aaron Scharf compared the elevated viewpoints in some of the paintings of Gustave Caillebotte to the elevated viewpoints of Jouvin's photographs. Scharf also compared the style of cropping in Edgar Degas's paintings Place de la Concorde and At the Races in the Countryside to the cropped figures and carriages in Jouvin's photographs. Photographs are present in the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Library of Congress, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the George Eastman Museum.
Identificatie Titel(s): Burcht Rheinstein bij Trechtingshausen, Duitsland. Le Rheinstein, vu de la forêt (titel op object). Bords du Rhin (serietitel op object)
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Identificatie Titel(s): Burcht Rheinstein bij Trechtingshausen, Duitsland. Le Rheinstein, vu des rochers (titel op object). Bords du Rhin (serietitel op object). Allemagne (serietitel op object)
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• Name — Hippolyte Jouvin • Born — 1825 • Birthplace — Clinchamp, France • Died — 1889 • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — Stereoscopic Photography
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1825
Hippolyte Jouvin was born on 7 December 1825.
1889
Hippolyte Jouvin died at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Hippolyte Jouvin (1825–1889). Picryl.
- 2.Reynaud. Paris in 3D: From stereoscopy to virtual reality 1850–2000. Paris-Musées; Booth-Clibborn Editions. 68–69. 2000. 978-1-86154-162-8.
- 3.Scharf, Aaron. Art and photography. Penguin Books Ltd. 172-176, 198-202. 1974. 978-0-14-021722-3.
- 4.Scharf, Aaron. Painting, Photography, and the Image of Movement. The Burlington Magazine. The Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. 104. 710. 186–195. 1962. 0007-6287.
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