Artist
French Photographic Co.
French Photographic Co. is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The French Photographic Co. was the Instagram of 1880s Paris, cranking out crisp 8x10 portraits of actors mid-scene, frozen in costume and gaslight. They shot every star of the Boulevard du Crime, from Duse to Coquelin, while the actors still had their greasepaint on. These prints read like backstage candid shots before candid was a word—pose long enough to matter, fast enough to feel real. Hunt down “Guy Little Theatrical Photograph” and you’ll see why every dressing room kept a stack of these in the 1890s.
Works by French Photographic Co.
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.