Hércules Florence's photography
Fotografía de Hércules Florence
- Date
- 1832-1833 · confidence medium
- Place
- Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Credited to
- Hércules Florence
- Field
- Communication
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
The French painter settled in Brazil obtained contact prints with silver salts on sun-exposed paper, fixed with ammonia, and coined the term 'photographie' in 1833. He used them to print labels and diplomas.
His work was not circulated and was rediscovered by historian Boris Kossoy in 1976; priority over Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot is debated, though his independence is accepted.
What it led to
- A claim of independent invention of photography in South America
- The term 'photographie' used in Brazil before its European spread