Louis Dodero

Louis Dodero
Born(1824-09-06)September 6, 1824
Genoa, Italy
DiedDecember 18, 1902(1902-12-18) (aged 78)
Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
OccupationPhotographer

Louis Dodero was a French photographer from Marseilles. He is credited with inventing the carte de visite in 1851.[1][2][3] However, another photographer, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri patented this type of photograph on November 27, 1854.[4]

  1. ^ Dr. Robert Leggat MA M.Ed Ph.D. FRPS FRSA
  2. ^ Hannavy, John (2013-12-16). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. ISBN 9781135873264.
  3. ^ Peres, Michael R. (2013-05-29). The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136106149.
  4. ^ Gernsheim, Helmut (1986). A Concise History of Photography. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486251288.