Gustave le Gray (1820-82) was among the first to claim that photographs should be thought of as artworks in themselves. Originally a painter, le Gray became the first great teacher in the history of the photographic medium, his students including Charles Negre and Maxime du Camp. His interest in experimentation and high technical standards jeopardized his commercial success, however, and he ended his career in Cairo as a teacher of drawing.
- ISBN10 0714842346
- ISBN13 9780714842349
- Publish Date 15 May 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 November 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English