Gustave Le Gray

French Photographer · 1820–1884

37 works on LinkedCulture

Though he was trained as a painter, Gustave Le Gray made his mark in the emerging medium of photography. An experimenter and technical innovator, Le Gray pioneered the use of the paper negative in France and developed a waxed-paper negative that produced sharper-focus prints. In 1851 he began to use collodion on glass negatives, which further increased the clarity of his images. He became one of t

Works

Camp de Châlons

Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons

Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons

Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons

Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Chalons. 1857. alignment.

Camp de Chalons. 1857. alignment.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Arab festival improvised by the Zouaves.

Camp de Châlons: Arab festival improvised by the Zouaves.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Camp de Châlons: Artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: cavalry maneuvers

Camp de Châlons: cavalry maneuvers

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Encampment scene.

Camp de Châlons: Encampment scene.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Fantassia

Camp de Châlons: Fantassia

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard.

Camp de Châlons: Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: La Messe

Camp de Châlons: La Messe

Getty Museum · September 20, 1857

Camp de Châlons: Lanciers et dragons

Camp de Châlons: Lanciers et dragons

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Quarters of the artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Camp de Châlons: Quarters of the artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: The Cent-Gardes

Camp de Châlons: The Cent-Gardes

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: The Zouave storyteller

Camp de Châlons: The Zouave storyteller

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Voltigeurs de la Garde

Camp de Châlons: Voltigeurs de la Garde

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Zouaves - le coiffeur

Camp de Châlons: Zouaves - le coiffeur

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp de Châlons: Zouaves of the Imperial Guard

Camp de Châlons: Zouaves of the Imperial Guard

Getty Museum · 1857

Camp du Châlons: Artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Camp du Châlons: Artillery of the Imperial Guard.

Getty Museum · 1857

Cavalry Maneuvres with Receding Road

Cavalry Maneuvres with Receding Road

Getty Museum · 1857

Factory, Terre-Noire

Factory, Terre-Noire

Getty Museum · 1851–1855

Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons

Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857

Messe au camp de Châlons [with an X marking the position of Verly in the photograph]

Messe au camp de Châlons [with an X marking the position of Verly in the photograph]

Getty Museum · 1857

Officers seated near the Emperor's pavilion

Officers seated near the Emperor's pavilion

Getty Museum · 1857

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Getty Museum · 1857

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Getty Museum · 1857

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Getty Museum · 1857

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Panorama of the Camp at Châlons (six photographs in three frames)

Getty Museum · 1857

Portrait of Victor Cousin

Portrait of Victor Cousin

Getty Museum · 1854–1859

[Salon of 1852]

[Salon of 1852]

Getty Museum · 1852

[Sedan/ Roi de Prusee/ Prince Charles/ Bismarck/ Sur la Hauteursde la Marfee le 1er juin 70]

[Sedan/ Roi de Prusee/ Prince Charles/ Bismarck/ Sur la Hauteursde la Marfee le 1er juin 70]

Getty Museum · 1870

The Bivouac

The Bivouac

Getty Museum · 1857

The Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amon, Karnak

The Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amon, Karnak

Getty Museum · 1867

[Unidentified man with longish hair and mustache, seated on hassock, holding hat]

[Unidentified man with longish hair and mustache, seated on hassock, holding hat]

Getty Museum · about 1865

[View at Camp de Chalons]

[View at Camp de Chalons]

Getty Museum · about 1857

Visitors to the Camp de Châlons

Visitors to the Camp de Châlons

Getty Museum · 1857