History of Art: History of Photography


	History of Photography Introduction. History of Photography (Encyclopaedia Britannica) A World History of Photography (by Naomi Rosenblum) The Story Behind the Pictures 1827-1991 (by Hans-Michael Koetzle) Photographers' Dictionary. (based on "20th Century Photography - Museum Ludwig Cologne")


	Photographers' Dictionary (based on "20th Century Photography-Museum Ludwig Cologne")

Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

(1826 - 1900) was a French photographer, active from 1841 to the year of his death, 1900.
He was born and died in Paris and was the son of the heraldic painter, Louis-Francois Bisson.
He is known as the first person that took pictures from the summit of Mont Blanc in summer 1861.

see also: Auguste Rosalie Bisson. The Ascent of Mont Blanc, 1862

Ascent of Mont-Blanc (via a crevice), albumin print, 1862

Ascent of Mont-Blanc

Passage des Echeles (Ascent of Mi. Blanc), 1862.
Albumen print. Bibliothequc Nationale, Paris.

Ypres, Belgium,
Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814 - 1876), and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826 - 1900) c. 1855-1862

Mount Maudit, Savoy,
Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814 - 1876), and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826 - 1900) 1860

Le Mont Blanc et ses glaciers, 1860

Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814 - 1876), and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826 - 1900)
La Seine, Paris, ca. 1850s, albumen print

Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814 - 1876), and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826 - 1900)
�Cathedrale D�Amiens. Tympan de l�une des Porte�, ca. 1860, albumen print

Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814 - 1876), and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826 - 1900)
Paris, France, ca. 1850s, salt print, glass negative

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