An Effect of the Sun, Normandy

MEDIUMalbumen print from wet collodion negative

DIMENSIONS[object Object]

COLLECTIONPhotography

CULTUREFrance, 19th century

CREDIT LINEAndrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund

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Gustave Le Gray, a pioneering French photographer, captured the raw power of the sea and innovated techniques that shaped early photography.