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Maxime Du Camp [1], né le 8 février 1822 à Paris et mort le 8 février 1894 à Baden-Baden (Grand-duché de Bade), est un écrivain polygraphe et photographe français, membre de l’Académie française. La postérité à son égard fut cruelle, cela s'expliquant par une fortune critique qui lui fit mauvaise presse.
Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer. Bust of Maxime Du Camp. Stele of Karnak, Egypt, about 1850. Photo taken by Du Camp. Biography. Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to his father's assets.
Maxime Du Camp (born Feb. 8, 1822, Paris, Fr.—died Feb. 9, 1894, Baden-Baden, Ger.) was a French writer and photographer who is chiefly known for his vivid accounts of 19th-century French life. He was a close friend of the novelist Gustave Flaubert .
23 de dic. de 2019 · The Writer Who Pioneered Travel Photography. Maxime Du Camp, Le Sphinx, Egypt Moyenne, 1849-50. Wikimedia Commons. By Karen Chernick December 23, 2019. Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005.
23 de oct. de 2023 · An exhibition at The Met exploring the early photography of Maxime Du Camp, who traveled across the eastern Mediterranean in 1849 and published the first photographically illustrated book in France. See how his proof prints differ from his book prints in color, tone, and subject matter.
Born 8 February 1822; died 9 February 1894. Du Camp learned the calotype process from Gustave Le Gray in 1849. From 1849 to 1851 Du Camp, accompanied by Gustave Flaubert, photographed Egypt, Nubia, Palestine, and Syria. In 1852 Blanquart-Evrard published the album of photographs from this trip.
Découvrez la biographie, les œuvres et les discours de Maxime Du Camp, élu en 1880 à l'Académie française. Il fut un voyageur, un essayiste, un romancier et un ami de Flaubert.
