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Hippolyte Bayard (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.
Parisian bureaucrat by day and tireless inventor after hours, Hippolyte Bayard (French, 1801-1887) was one of the most important, if lesser-known, pioneers of photography. During his thirty-year career, he invented the direct positive process and several other photographic techniques on paper.
Hippolyte Bayard (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.
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Hippolyte Bayard né à Breteuil-sur-Noye le 20 janvier 1801 et mort à Nemours le 14 mai 1887 est un pionnier de la photographie et un inventeur français. Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ]
- Photographe, inventeur
- 20 janvier 1801Breteuil
- 14 mai 1887 (à 86 ans)Nemours
- française
Hippolyte Bayard 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...
A rare photograph by Hippolyte Bayard, one of the earliest inventors of photography, showing the windmills of Montmartre in 1839. Learn about Bayard's process, his exhibition, and the history of paper photography at The Met.
