Louis-Auguste Bisson And Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

Place: Paris

Born: 1814

Death: 1876

Biography:

The Bisson Frères were two French photographers, Louis-Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826-1900). They were the sons of a heraldic painter who experimented with the daguerreotype. The Bisson Frères opened a photographic studio in early 1841 and became famous for their large-scale photographs of European monuments and landscapes, often taken with very large negatives. They accompanied Napoleon III on his visit to Savoy in 1860 and ascended Mont Blanc the following year. The brothers refused to reduce their images to the carte de visite size and, consequently, ceased operating their business after four years. One of their most famous works is a photograph of composer Frédéric Chopin, although the origin of the portrait has never been adequately explained.