Hugues Krafft

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Hugues Krafft (1853 - 1935) was a French photographer born in Reims. He travelled around the world, and visited Japan in 1882-1883. He left numerous quality photographs of the period.

He was among the first to use intantaneous photography in Japan (he used a Zeiss camera with gelatine-silver bromide plates, a process which became widely available in 1880), which allowed him to take vivid pictures in an open environment, in contrast to the many staged studio photographs made by his predecessors.

[edit] References

• Anglo-American Name Authority File, s.v. “Krafft, Hugues”, LC Control Number n 88619670. Accessed 27 March 2007.
• Esmein, Suzanne. Hugues Krafft au Japon de Meiji: photographies d'un voyage, 1882-1883 (Paris : Hermann, 2003). ISBN 2705664661.

[edit] See also

• Felice Beato

Artillery unit at the Koishikawa arsenal, Tokyo, in 1882.

Felice Beato with Saigō Tsugumichi (seated in front) in 1882.

The house of Saigo Tsugumichi.