- Henri Manuel
Henri Manuel (1874 - 1947) was a Parisian photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 - 1944.cite web|url = http://www.mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/fr/biographies/manuel_henri.html|title = Henri Manuel (1874 - 1947) et Gaston Manuel (1880 - ?)|accessdate = 2007-06-20]
Photography studio
In 1900, Manuel opened a portrait studio in Paris with his brother Gaston, which specialised in
portrait photography.cite web|url = http://rhei.revues.org/document56.html|title = Le studio Henri Manuel et le ministère de la Justice : une commande non élucidée|accessdate = 2007-06-20] Manuel quickly became renowned as a photographer of people from the worlds ofpolitics ,art andsport s, as well as a photographer of art andarchitecture . Soon his portraits were used bynews agencies, and in 1910 Maneul's studio began providing a commercial service to news agencies for photographs known as "l’Agence universelle de reportage Henri Manuel".The studio became the largest photographic studio in Paris and a leading centre where young aspiring photographers such as
Thérèse Bonney might go to work. [cite journal|title = Picturing Architecture Otherwise: the voguing of the Maison Mallet-Stevens|author = Richard Becherer|journal = Art History|volume = 23|issue = 4|pages = 559–598|date = November 2000|url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8365.00227|accessdate = 2007-06-20|doi = 10.1111/1467-8365.00227] In 1925, the brothers moved their business to 27 rue duFaubourg Montmartre , where they expanded their business into fashion photography for the likes ofChanel , Patou, Poiret and Lanvin. By 1941 the studio had produced over a million images, spread between fashion photographs, news agency photographs, personal portraits and other images.The studio was shut down during the Second World War, and most of the
photographic plate s were destroyed. Some 500 survived, and ultimately passed into possession of theMédiathèque de l’architecture et du patrimoine .References
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NAME = Manuel, Henri
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Parisian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1874
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DATE OF DEATH = 1947
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