Constant Puyo

Constant Puyo
Puyo, photographed by Nadar
Born
Émile Joachim Constant Puyo

(1857-11-12)November 12, 1857[1]
Morlaix, France
DiedOctober 6, 1933(1933-10-06) (aged 75)[1]
Morlaix, France[1]
EducationÉcole Polytechnique[2]
Occupation(s)Soldier, photographer
RelativesTristan Corbière (cousin)[3]

Émile Joachim Constant Puyo (November 12, 1857 – October 6, 1933) was a French photographer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the leading advocate of the Pictorialist movement in France, he championed the practice of photography as an artistic medium.[4] For most of his career, Puyo was associated with the Photo Club of Paris, serving as its president from 1921 to 1926.[2] His photographs appeared in numerous publications worldwide, and were exhibited at various expositions in the 1900s.

  1. ^ a b c Jean-Loup Avril, 1000 Bretons: Dictionnaire Biographique (Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Bretagne: Les Portes du large, 2003), p. 368.
  2. ^ a b Emile Constant Puyo Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Archives Photographique – Portraits et Spectacles. Retrieved: 23 November 2011. (in French)
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  4. ^ Souren Melikian, "Photography's Early and Unsung Pioneers," New York Times, 22 January 2010. Retrieved: 23 November 2011.