Alphonse Giroux

Alphonse Giroux  was born around 1775. He was related to Daguerre. Giroux improved on Daguerre's photographic method. He then sold the first series of cameras internationally. He died in 1848. He may also have been a painter. (There is a lack of information)

 


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