LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Camille Silvy, Photographer of Modern Life, 1834 – 1910,
includes
over a hundred objects, many of which have not been exhibited since
1860. The
portraits on display offer a unique glimpse into nineteenth-century
Paris and
Victorian London through the eyes of one of photography’s greatest
innovators.  On view 15 July through 24
October.