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Henry Dixon

English photographer

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contribution to photography

  • Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: View of the Boulevard du Temple, Paris
    In history of photography: Landscape and architectural documentation

    Alfred and John Bool and Henry Dixon worked for the Society for Photographing Old London, recording historical buildings and relics. In the 1850s the French government commissioned several photographers to document historical buildings. Working with cameras making photographs as large as 20 by 29 inches (51 by 74 cm), Henri…

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