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Last Name Civiale

Given Name Aimé

alt. Names A. C. ;

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Year born 1821 in Paris

Year died 1893

Place of death Paris

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Education studied sciences in the famous French Polytechnique School.

Country of Activity France

Worked for Rapport études photographiques les Alpes (1866/80) ; Les Alpes géographie physique géologie, voyages photographiques Dauphiné, Savoie, Nord de l'Italie, Suisse Tyrol (1882) ; Méthodes photo perfectionnée ; geologist Léonce Elie de Beaumont ;

Patronage Société francaise de photographie (member since 1858); Académie des Sciences, Paris

Collaborators geologist Charles Sainte-Éclaire Deville, a pupil of Elie de Beaumont ;

Techniques geological, topographic & geographic photography using G. Le Gray's technique, using waxed paper for the negatives,a technique that he later improved

Sample(s) science.orf.at/v2static/storyimages/site/science/20100414/Bloc_erratique_1866-Kopie_body.jpg ; https://www.google.de/search?q=Aimé+Civiale

Archival sources http://science.orf.at/stories/1644146/ ; www.foto-ch.ch/?a=fotograph&id=1916&lang=de ; http://dating-au.com/civiale-aime-1821-1893/

Published sources John Hannavy: Encyclop 19th c. Photography (2007) ; Jan von Brevern: Blicke von Nirgendwo. Geologie in Bildern (2012) & Counting on the Unexpected, A. C.'s mountain photo, Science in Context 22, (3), 2009: 409-37 ; Ann Thomas(ed.): Beauty of Another Order 1997: 86-8 ; Kirchheimer 1982: 56f. ;

other 1859-68 mostly active during excursions into the alp regions of France. Further Places of Activity: Switzerland and Italy:

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