Pierre Petit (photographer)

Pierre Petit, self-portrait around 1870

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Masterpiece of photography :
Documentation of the construction of the Eiffel Tower by Pierre Petit, 1888

Pierre Lanith Petit , also Pierre Lamy Petit (born August 15, 1832 in Aups , Département Var , † February 16, 1909 in Paris ) was a French photographer .

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Pierre Petit learned his trade in Eugène Disdéri's Paris studio . In 1858 he opened his own studio with Antoine-René Trinquart on Rue Cadet in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . Branches in Baden-Baden and Marseille were soon opened .

Petit was the official photographer at the Paris World's Fair in 1867 . He visited New York several times and there documented the construction progress on the Statue of Liberty . Several photos of the siege of Paris from the years 1870/1871 and of the construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1887–1889 are from Petit. The photography pioneer ventured into underwater photography as early as 1898 . Petit was a productive member of the Société française de photographie since 1875 .

In 1908 he passed the business on to his son, who ran it until 1920.

The French nicknamed Pierre Petit Collodion le chevelu .

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↑ Collodion le chevelu - The name of the long-haired king Chlodio (French Clodion le Chevelu ) was corrupted: Clodion became collodion (French Collodion ).

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SURNAME	Petit, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petit, Pierre Lanith (full name); Petit, Pierre Lamy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aups , Var
DATE OF DEATH	February 16, 1909
Place of death	Paris