Carol Szathmari

Carol Szathmari.

Carol Szathmari (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmari, Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly; 11 January 1812, Kolozsvár – 3 July 1887, Bucharest) was a Romanian[1] painter, lithographer, and photographer of Transylvanian Hungarian origin, who was based in Bucharest from the age of 18 until his death. He is seen as the founder of the Romanian photography. He is also considered the world's first combat photographer for his pictures of the battlefield taken during the first year of the Russo-Turkish war, later known as the Crimean War.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Cosgrove, Ben. "Crimea: Where War Photography Was Born". Time. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. ^ John Hannavy (20 September 2012). The Victorians and Edwardians at War. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-7478-1270-8.