Background
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was born on the 28th of March in 1819 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was born on the 28th of March in 1819 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi started out his career as a daguerreotypist with a studio in Brest, later opening a studio in Nimes. In 1854 he opened a studio in Paris, where he produced cartes de visite so successfully that he soon opened a second Paris studio ( 1863), and then branch studios in London ( 1868), Madrid and Toulon. André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was appointed official photographer to the imperial courts of Spain, England, France and Russia in 1861. And in the same year, under orders from the minister of war, he instructed French army officers in photography. From 1880 until his death, he worked in Nice as a beach photographer. Despite the great wealth he amassed during his successful years, he died in obscurity.
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French carte de visite of Nadar
Les Jambes de l'opera, Mosaïque Breveté s.d.g.d.
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