Hippolyte Fockedey
Hippolyte Fockedey (born June 21, 1804 in Paris , † September 17, 1876 in Lille ) was a French photography pioneer. In 1851 he and his friend and business partner Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard founded the "Imprimérie Photographique" near Lille, France .
The company has a special meaning in the history of photography , because it was the first industrially oriented copier for the mass production of photographic prints. It was here in 1851 that albums by the early photographers began to be released - with reproductions of works of art and the historical sites of distant countries. In 1855, Blanquart-Evrard had to close the company again, despite efficient assembly line work, because it could not withstand the competition from photolithography and heliography .
literature
- Jammes Isabelle: Blanquart-Evrard et les origines de l'édition photographique française , Genève-Paris. 1981.
- Michel Frizot (Ed.): New History of Photography, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft , Cologne 1998, ISBN 3829013272
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| SURNAME | Fockedey, Hippolyte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photography pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 1876 |
| Place of death | Lille |