Charles Marville

Charles Marville, the pseudonym of Charles François Bossu (Paris 17 July 1813 – 1 June 1879 Paris), was a French photographer, who mainly photographed architecture, landscapes and the urban environment.

"Marville created a model of photographic perception of the architectural environment that we still use and rely on today".

That newly-found association allowed them to discover a variety of biographical information, including photographs of his family which had been considered lost to time.

[2] Art historian Ekaterina Vasilyeva notes that two points attract attention in Marville’s photographs: complete indifference to pictorial photography, which at that time was the main form of artistic thinking, and attention to visual solutions that were non-standard for that moment.

[4] Coming from an "established" Parisian family, he trained as a painter, illustrator and engraver.