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Giroux, André
1801–1879
Nationality: France
Born: 1801, Paris
Died: 1879, 8th arrondissement of Paris
Gender: male
Occupations
painter
photographer
Biography
André Giroux was the son of Alphonse Giroux, a camera equipment supplier in Paris. Giroux was a painter and photographer who received the Légion d'Honneur in 1837. Giroux heavily retouched his paper and glass negatives, even scratching directly into the collodion emulsion on glass to achieve a painterly effect.
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