Gustave Le Gray

Born Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray in 1820, this French artist initially trained as a painter under François-Édouard Picot and Paul Delaroche, even exhibiting his paintings at the Salon. However, he soon transitioned to the burgeoning field of photography, where his true genius shone. Le Gray's early daguerreotypes date back to 1847, but his most significant contributions, both artistically and technically, were in paper photography. He was instrumental in developing the wax…