Hugues Krafft

Hugues Krafft in Japan in 1882–1883

Hugues Krafft (1853 – 1935) was a born in Paris. 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 instantaneous 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.

Works

• Souvenirs de notre tour du monde (1885) [1] [2]
• A travers le Turkestan russe (1902)
• A travers le Turkestan russe : ouvrage illustré de deux cent-soixante-cinq gravures d'après les clichés de l'auteur et contenant une carte en couleurs (1902)

Gallery

Media related to Hugues Krafft at Wikimedia Commons

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  Artillery unit at the Koishikawa arsenal, Tokyo, in 1882.
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  Felice Beato with Saigō Tsugumichi (seated in front) in 1882.
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  The house of Saigo Tsugumichi.

See also

• List of French photographers
• Felice Beato

References

• 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 Template:Fr icon (Paris : Hermann, 2003). ISBN 2-7056-6466-1.
• Ladam, Nicolas. Le Voyage d'Hugues Krafft au Soleil Levant. Pratiques du voyage et représentations du Japon d'un grand bourgeois français dans les années 1880, mémoire de Master d'Histoire soutenu à l'université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, sous la direction de Catherine Nicault, 2008. Available for free here Template:Fr icon