Pierre Petit (photographer)
Pierre Lanith Petit was a French photographer. He is sometimes credited as Pierre Lamy Petit.Work
Petit learned photography in Paris in the workshop of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri . In 1858, he opened his own workshop in Paris with Antoine René Trinquart, later to be called La Photographie des Deux Mondes. This proved to be very successful and workshops were opened in Baden-Baden and Marseille.
In his lifetime he made thousands of photographs. In 1908 he handed over the business to his son.
Some highlights in Petit's career:
Museums that hold large collections of his photographs:
Portraits
Others
