Hugues Krafft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugues Krafft

French photographer

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1853

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 10-May-1935

Profession: photographer, writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hugues Krafft (1853 – 1935) was a photographer 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.