Bruno Braquehais

Bruno Braquehais
Born
Auguste Bruno Braquehais[1]

(1823-01-28)28 January 1823[2]
Dieppe, France[2]
Died13 February 1875(1875-02-13) (aged 52)[2]
La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France[2]
OccupationPhotographer
Notable workParis During the Commune (1871)
SpouseLaure Mathilde Gouin

Auguste Bruno Braquehais (28 January 1823 – 13 February 1875) was a French photographer active primarily in Paris in the mid-19th century, in parthership with his wife Laure Mathilde Gouin. His photographic work documenting the 1871 Paris Commune is considered an important early example of photojournalism.[1][3] While largely forgotten in the years after his death, his work was rediscovered during preparations for the Commune's centennial in 1971, and his photographs have since been the exhibited at numerous museums, including the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Carnavalet Museum.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Frédérique Taubenhaus, John Hannavy (ed.), Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Vol. 1 (Routledge, 2007), pp. 201–202.
  2. ^ a b c d Auguste Bruno Braquehais. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. Retrieved: 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Chrystel Jubien, "Braquehais Reporter Archived March 6, 2001, at archive.today, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Denis website. Retrieved: 16 February 2012. "However, Braquehais contributed to the birth of photojournalism through his original productions, which consisted of almost 140 plates of the Commune".(in French)