:''Pierre Petit is not to be confused with (Jean) Pierre Yves-Petit (1886–1969), another French photographer who usually operated under the name Yvon''. Pierre Lanith Petit (15 August 1832 – 16 February 1909) was a French

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. He is sometimes credited as Pierre Lamy Petit.

Work

Petit learned photography in

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in the workshop of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889) (together with 76 other employees). In 1858, he opened his own workshop in Paris with Antoine René Trinquart, later to be called ''La Photographie des Deux Mondes''. This proved to be very successful and workshops were opened in

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and

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(in partnership with Emile Cazalis). In his lifetime he made thousands of photographs. In 1908 he handed over the business to his son. Some highlights in Petit's career: * He was the official photographer of the '' International Exposition of 1867''. * He went to

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several times to report on the construction of the Statue of Liberty. * Petit made many photographs of the

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. * In 1898, he made some attempts in

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. * He exhibited many times at the

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(SFP).

Publications

* ''Galerie des hommes de jour'', a series of photographs of famous French people of the day, published in 1861 * ''l’Episcopat français, clergé de Paris'', a series of photographs of the clergy of Paris

Museums

Museums that hold large collections of his photographs: * in Chalon-sur-Saône * Musée d'Orsay in Paris *

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in Paris * National Portrait Gallery, LondonPortraits by Petit
at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Photographs

Portraits

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Others

Image:Les fondations de la Tour Eiffel, caissons.jpg, The foundation for the

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of the remains from

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. Wood-engraving based on one of his photographs (1887)

References

External links

The ''Musée Nicéphore-Niépce'' website

Pierre Petit on the ''Luminous Lint'' website

Pierre Petit
on the ''

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

'' website
Pierre Petit
on the ''

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'' website Websites showing photographs by Pierre Petit
Gallica, the ''BNF'' website

The ''Past to Present'' website

Pierre Petit
on ''

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