Hugues Krafft

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.

References

* [http://authorities.loc.gov/webvoy.htm 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.

ee also

*Felice Beato