Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1 May 1826 – 22 April 1900) was a French
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
Duties and types of photograp ...
, active from 1841 to the year of his death, 1900. He was born and died in
Paris
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and was the son of the
heraldic painter,
Louis-François Bisson and the brother of
Louis-Auguste Bisson.
He was the first person to take pictures from the summit of
Mont Blanc
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, in the summer of 1861. While making this expedition, he took 25 porters to carry his equipment.
References
Anglo-American Name Authority File, s.v. "Bisson, Auguste-Rosalie", LC Control Number no 99059153, cited 7 February 2006Union List of Artists Names, s.v. "Bisson, Auguste-Rosalie", cited 7 February 2006
See also
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1826 births
1900 deaths
19th-century French photographers
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