Jean laurent biography
Jean laurent biography
Jean laurent artist...
Jean Laurent (photographer)
French photographer
For the French athlete, see Jean Laurent (footballer).
Jean Laurent | |
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Juan Laurent, from La Ilustración Nacional (1887) | |
| Born | (1816-07-23)23 July 1816 Garchizy |
| Died | 24 November 1886(1886-11-24) (aged 70) Madrid |
| Burial place | Cementerio de la Almudena |
| Other names | Juan Laurent Minier |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Jean Laurent or, in Spanish, Juan Laurent Minier; sometimes simply J.
Laurent (23 July 1816, Garchizy – 24 November 1886, Madrid) was a French photographer who mostly worked in Spain.
Biography
He first moved to Spain in 1843, and settled in Madrid. Until 1855, he worked as a box and paper maker, creating luxurious boxes for pastries and marbled paper for book bindings.[1] That year, he became interested in photography from having done work coloring photographs.
The following year, he was able to open a studio on the Carrera de San Jerónimo, near the Congress of D