Charles Chusseau-Flaviens (13 February 1866 – 15 October 1928) was a self-employed French

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from the 1890s to the 1910s. His distribution of other photographer's work for publication created one of the first photo press agencies, based in Paris. Chusseau-Flaviens' by-line appeared on numerous photographs from all over Europe as well as from Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and North America. Subject matters included formal and informal portraits of European royalty, political figures and celebrities in addition to scenes of daily life. According to researchers, no biographical information about Chusseau-Flaviens is known. A substantial portion of his photographic collection, represented by nearly 11,000 glass negatives, was donated by Kodak Pathé to the

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(GEH) International Museum of Photography and Film in 1974. GEH noted that Chusseau-Flaviens also acquired copies of photographs from other photographers, annotating their names on his glass negatives. They speculated that this accounts for the inclusion of photographs in his collection from various far-flung nations, such as Japan and New Zealand. According to the French Ministry of Culture, his release of the other photographer's work under the Chusseau-Flaviens name created the first photographic press agency of the 20th century. Countries represented in the GEH photographic collection include: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Ceylon, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Majorca, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States and Yugoslavia. Due to the relative lack of photographs representing France, it has been speculated that a large portion of Chusseau-Flaviens' work remains undiscovered. Journals in which Chusseau-Flaviens images appeared include '' Ilustraçāo Portugueza'', ''

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Collections

In addition to the George Eastman House (with ''ca.'' 11 000 glass negatives), photos attributed to Chusseau-Flaviens are preserved in the Musee Nicéphore-Niépce (''ca.'' 4 500 prints),

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(22 authochromes), and the

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(150 photographs).

References

External links

Finding Aid for Ch. Chusseau-Flaviens Collection
at George Eastman House
Selected photos
by Chusseau-Flaviens at Flickr Commons

collection of Chusseau-Flaviens photos * ttp://www.numerique.culture.fr/pub-fr/document.html?id=FR-DC-B751135101_3697f1ae Bibliothèque Marguerite Durandcollection of Chusseau-Flaviens photos
Digitized works by Charles Chusseau-Flaviens
in Biblioteca Digital Hispánica,

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