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Société française de photographie

Société française de photographie is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Société française de photographie rather than just read about it. In short: The Société française de photographie (SFP) is an association, founded on 15 November 1854, devoted to the history of photography. It has a large collection of photographs and old cameras.

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Reference excerpt

The Société française de photographie (SFP) is an association, founded on 15 November 1854, devoted to the history of photography. It has a large collection of photographs and old cameras. Among the founding members were Olympe Aguado, Hippolyte Bayard, Alexandre Edmond Becquerel, Eugène Durieu, Edmond Fierlants, Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros, Gustave Le Gray and Henri Victor Regnault, Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch. Henri Victor Regnault was the first president. Louise Leghait was the first woman member.

History The Société française de photographie, founded on 15 November 1854, was based on the short-lived Société héliographique (1851) but differed in that it was less elitist and more forward-looking. Some accounts mistakenly link the two organizations more closely, referring simply to a change in the name with a view to giving the SFP the status of the world's oldest photography organization. A careful analysis of the Société héliographique describes in detail how the initial enthusiasm for the organization quickly disappeared, resulting in the discontinuation of its activities. The SFP was thus established without any formal connection to the Société héliographique. The objectives of the SFP were therefore far more commercially oriented and more concerned with future developments, like the Académie des sciences. Its members—ambitious amateurs, artists, businessmen and scientists—had regular meetings at an established venue, with a written agenda. The objectives were published in a programme and there were regular bulletins. For the remainder of the 19th century, the association was exclusively concerned with improvements to photography. There were regular exhibitions of the members' images, as well as conferences and presentations addressing new techniques, their artistic potential and the latest innovations. The SFP considered itself both an academy of photography and a library of archives. The photographs exhibited were properly archived, together with many comments from the members. From the beginning of the 20th century, the SFP set itself the task of safeguarding historic works. Today, it acts as a research centre on the history and development of photography. Since 1997, it has published the twice-yearly journal Études photographiques with articles on prominent photographers and on the history of photography. The association has a valuable historic collection consisting of some 10,000 images and 50,000 negatives, including 5,000 autochromes. There is also a specialist library with 8,000 books and over 650 journals. The first president of the SFP was Henri Victor Regnault. Its current president is Paul-Louis Roubert, an art historian specializing in photography who has actively contributed to the association in recent years.

List of presidents The list of presidents and presidents of honour, published by the association is as follows:

Presidents Eugène Durieu (1855) Antoine Jérôme Balard (1858) Eugène Péligot (1868) Alphonse Davanne (1876) Hippolyte Sebert (1901) Léon Gaumont (1930) Léopold Lobel (1933) Edouard Belin (1937) Georges Moreau (1953) Marcel Abribat (1955) Robert Auvillain (1957) Fernand Obaton (1969) Robert Mauge (1971) Jean Prissette (1975) Alain Jeanne-Michaud (1993) Michel Poivert (1995) Paul-Louis Roubert (2010)

Presidents of honour

Henri Victor Regnault (1855) Jules Janssen (1891) Étienne-Jules Marey (1894) Gabriel Lippmann (1897) Jules Janssen (1900) Aimé Laussedat (1903) Jules Violle (1906) Jules Carpentier (1909) Henri Deslandres (1912) Prince Roland Bonaparte (1920) Louis Lumière (1923) Hippolyte Sebert (1926) Paul Heilbronner (1929) Georges Perrier (1932) Charles Fabry (1935) Armand de Gramont (1938) Fernand Baldet (1947) Georges Poivilliers (1949) Edouard Belin (1952) Georges Poivilliers (1956) Marcel Abribat (1958) Albert Arnulf (1965) Jean-Jacques Trillat (1971–1987)

Founding members Among the SFP's founding members were:

Olympe Aguado Félix Avril Hippolyte Bayard Edmond Becquerel Louis-Auguste Bisson Auguste-Rosalie Bisson Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard Farnham Maxwell-Lyte Fortuné Joseph Petiot-Groffier Julien Vallou de Villeneuve

Illustrations

Société française de photographie: Henri-Victor Regnault (1810-1878): Founder and president of honor of the SFP — Henri-Victor Regnault (1810-1878): Founder and president of honor of the SFP

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Société française de photographie

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Société française de photographie claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Société française de photographie before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Société française de photographie ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Société française de photographie

In research: Société française de photographie appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Société française de photographie in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Société française de photographie is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1854 establishments in France, 19th-century French photographers, Learned societies of France, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Société française de photographie outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Société française de photographie in simple terms?

The Société française de photographie (SFP) is an association, founded on 15 November 1854, devoted to the history of photography. It has a large collection of photographs and old cameras.

Why does Société française de photographie matter?

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