Artist
Bayard and Bortall
Bayard and Bortall is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Bayard and Bortall were 19th-century Parisian photographers who loved making pictures look like they weren’t pictures. They’d stage scenes with actors and props, then print them on odd surfaces—like this blurry theater photo titled Guy Little—that made it hard to tell real life from fake. You’ll spot their trick if you compare it to a real candid shot, say a Henry Peach Robinson print from the same era.
Works by Bayard and Bortall
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.