Hannavy, John. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. New York: Taylor and
Francis Group, 2008
Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
Born: Paris, 1 May 1826
Died: Paris, 22 April 1900
Nationality: French
Died: Paris, 22 April 1900
Nationality: French
Background:
family of photographers
Career:
Often worked with his brother, Louis-Auguste Bisson (Bisson frères)
1860 – publishes Mont Blanc and its Glaciers (Le Mont Blanc et ses glaciers)
1869 – produces 450 photographs while in Egypt
1871 – photographs siege of Paris during Franco-Prussian War; images are exhibited throughout Europe
Travels
Switzerland (1860s); Egypt (1869)
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