Filippos Margaritis (1810–1892) is generally acknowledged to have been the first Greek photographer, whose earliest

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, of the

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of Athens, date from 1847. Having studied painting in lithography in Paris, he opened a studio in

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in 1837 and began teaching at the School of Fine Arts in 1842. He learned the techniques of the daguerreotypes from the French photographer Philibert Perraud who arrived in Greece in 1847, and in turn passed on his knowledge to the students of Athens Polytechnic around 1850. Later, he moved on to producing

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s and

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s on paper, including views of the antiquities of Athens as well as formal portraits of Athenian society including members of the courts of King Otto and his successor

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. He travelled abroad frequently, often to exhibit his work at international exhibitions and fairs. He died in his sister’s home in

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on 1 April 1892.

References

Bibliography

*Alkis Xanthakis, ''Filippos Margaritis'', Fotografos Editions, Athens 1990 (64 pp.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Margaritis, Filippos Greek educators Greek photographers 1810 births 1892 deaths Smyrniote Greeks