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Alphonse Davanne
Born	(1824-04-12)12 April 1824 Paris, France
Died	1 January 1912(1912-01-01) (aged 87) Saint-Cloud, France
Nationality	French
Awards	Officer of the Legion of Honour (1889) Knight of the Order of Leopold
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, Photography

Alphonse Davanne (12 April 1824 – 19 September 1912) was a French chemist, photographer, and writer.

Early life

Louis-Alphonse Davanne was born in Paris, France, on 12 April 1824.

Career

In 1852, the French chemist embraced photography as his profession. His own photographs were signed "A. Davanne". Alphonse Davanne co-founded the Société française de photographie in 1854 and served on the board of directors. He was also a member of the Royal Photographic Society.

During the 1850s, he re-explored bitumen of Judea as a medium for Photoengraving, naming his technique litho-photographie.

In 1858, Davanne contributed to a work published in Paris under the title Photographic chemistry (French: Chimie photographique) in collaboration with Charles-Louis Barreswil. He was admitted to the Société chimique de Paris in 1864. He later published the Photographic Directory in 1865.

By the mid-1870s, Davanne was serving as the vice president of the French Society of Photography (French: Société française de photographie). He was also a professor of photography at the National School of Bridges and Highways (French: École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées).

He was appointed as a member of the awards jury at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.

In 1885, Davanne wrote about French inventor Nicéphore Niepce, publishing his work under the title Nicéphore Niepce, inventeur de la photographie.

In August 1887, The English Mechanic and World of Science highlighted that Davanne announced a 1000 franc prize for a photographic plate combining the benefits of both gelatine and collodion, with a submission deadline of 31 December 1888.

In 1888, he was nominated to the organizing committee for the first International Congress of Photography, established to coincide with the Universal Exhibitions. He held the position of vice president under Jules Janssen, the committee's president, alongside astronomer Charles Wolf. He presided over the awards jury at the Exposition Universelle in Brussels in 1888 and Paris in the following year. Davanne, the chairman of the board of directors of the French Photographic Society, was appointed as president of the awards jury for the Exposition Universelle of 1889.

He was distinguished as an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1889.

By 1892, Davanne presided over the council of the French Society of Photography and was a delegate of the French Association for the Advancement of Sciences (French: Association française pour l'avancement des sciences).

He was later appointed to the commission for the Antwerp International Exposition in 1894.

In 1900, at the Paris Exposition, he was the vice president for the photography category (i.e. materials, processes, and products), where he worked alongside president Étienne-Jules Marey, rapporteur Leon Vidal, and secretary Michel Berthaud.

Death

Alphonse Davanne died on 19 September 1912 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

References

1. ^ Alphonse Davanne (35763) | Musée d’Orsay. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/ressources/repertoire-artistes-personnalites/alphonse-davanne-35763
2. McGuigan, Jr., J. F., Goodyear III, F. H. (2022). In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842–1871. United States: Penn State University Press.
3. ^ Batchen, G. (1999). Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography (p. 246). United Kingdom: MTP Press.
4. Barreswil, C. (1858). Chimie photographique: contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par des exemples empruntés à la photographie.... (n.p.): Mallet-Bachelier.
5. Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris: comprenant le Procès-verbal des séances, les Mémoires prés. à la Soc., l'Analyse des travaux de chimie pure et appliquée publ. en France et à l'étranger. (1893). France: Hachette.
6. Cole, H., Pollen, J. H. (1877). Supplement to the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: Compiled for the Use of the National Art Library and the Schools of Art in the United Kingdom (p. 172). United Kingdom: H.M. Stationery Office.
7. Bulletin de la Société de géographie (p. 227). (1876). France: Société de géographie.
8. ^ L'Exposition de Paris (1889) (p. 175). (1889). France: Librairie illustrée.
9. Davanne, A. (1885). Nicéphore Niepce: inventeur de la photographie. France: Gauthier-Villars.
10. English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art (p. 582). (1887). United Kingdom: (n.p.).
11. Scientific American (p. 101). (1889). United States: Munn & Company.
12. Association belge de photographie. Bulletin (p. 121-122). (1890). Belgium: Association belge de photographie.
13. Catalogue officiel général. (1894). Belgium: Typographie et lithographie Adolphe Mertens.
14. Compte rendu de la ... session - Association française pour l'avancement des sciences. (1892). (n.p.): Secrétariat de l'Association siège des sociétés savantes.
15. Revue des travaux scientifiques. (1896). France: Imprimerie nationale.
16. Bibliographie de la France (p. 85). (1893). France: (n.p.).
17. Comités d'admission (p. 69). (1898). France: Imprimerie nationale.

External links

Media related to Alphonse Davanne at Wikimedia Commons

• 1824 births
• 1912 deaths
• People from Paris
• French chemists
• French photographers