PHOTOGRAPHER

Hippolyte Bayard

1801 - 1887

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Hippolyte Bayard (French pronunciation: [ipɔlit bajaʁ]; 20 January 1801 – 14 May 1887) was a French photographer and pioneer in the history of photography. He invented his own process that produced direct positive paper prints in the camera and presented the world's first public exhibition of photographs on 24 June 1839. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippolyte Bayard has received more than 237,127 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hippolyte Bayard is the 46th most popular photographer (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,785th most popular biography from France (down from 2,334th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Hippolyte Bayard ranks 46 out of 148. Before him are Philippe Halsman, Astrid Kirchherr, Carl Van Vechten, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, and Oliviero Toscani. After him are Herb Ritts, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Patrick Demarchelier, Daidō Moriyama, Cecil Beaton, and Sophie Calle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Hippolyte Bayard ranks 44. Before him are Salvadore Cammarano, Fredrika Bremer, Armand Trousseau, Émile Littré, Vincenzo Gioberti, and Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. After him are Richard Parkes Bonington, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Charles Elliot, Pedro Santana, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe. Among people deceased in 1887, Hippolyte Bayard ranks 22. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Paul Féval, père, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Luigi Jacobini, and Agostino Depretis. After him are Hans von Marées, William A. Wheeler, Julius von Haast, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Joseph Whitworth, and J. C. Jacobsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hippolyte Bayard ranks 2,785 out of 6,770. Before him are Vladimir Posner (1934), Michel Camdessus (1933), Paul Tortelier (1914), Olivier Martinez (1966), Bob Sinclar (1969), and Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903). After him are Ernest Duchesne (1874), Christian Marquand (1927), Louise Diane d'Orléans (1716), Michel Jazy (1936), Christian Louboutin (1964), and Edmond Audran (1840).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Hippolyte Bayard ranks 8. Before him are Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Robert Doisneau (1912), Dora Maar (1907), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Claude Cahun (1894), and Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894). After him are André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Sophie Calle (1953), Étienne Carjat (1828), Guy Bourdin (1928), and Marc Riboud (1923).

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