Petiot-Groffier’s Residence Discloses Yet Another Secret… After the dry lab, Petiot-Groffier’s wet lab had been found in his former residence – completing the discovery of the world’s oldest photographic lab. UA photographic lab – even the world’s oldest – may hide yet another one, as Pierre-Yves Mahé could experience himself lately, and with great pleasure….
On June 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2007 On the occasion of its second anniversary, Chambre avec Vues hosted a preview exhibition on Joseph Fortuné Petiot-Groffier’s lab — the oldest known in the world. To accompany this outstanding presentation in Paris, the gallery has brought together a selection of vintage prints and ancient processes: cyanotypes, chrysotypes,…
The discovery of the world’s oldest photographic lab The recent discovery of Fortuné-Joseph Petiot-Groffier’s lab reveals another side of this exceptional personality, to whom the inhabitants of Chalon owed quite many a thing during his lifetime. It had been hidden away for decades, when all of a sudden, it is caught by the bright limelight:…
Near Chalon-sur-Saône Turning a key in a lock has revealed a past hidden away for 152 years: the lab of one of the world’s very first photographers has been rediscovered. Intact and whole. In 1840, Joseph Fortuné Petiot-Groffier opens his lab, which he uses until 1855 – the time of his sudden death under mysterious…
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