Henri Le Secq

Title: Windmills

Artist: Henri Le Secq

Medium: n/a

Year: ca. 1850



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

When the French Government made the Daguerreotype process free to the world was very fast at making this work for them in using photography. The government first actions were to conduct a survey of monuments and buildings of architectural significance. Henri Le Sescq was one of the photographers selected to do this.

Le Secq's photographs include reveals him to have been an artist of considerable delicacy.

In the 1850s the French government commissioned several photographers to document historical buildings. Working with cameras making photographs as large as 20 by 29 inches (51 by 74 cm), Henri Le Secq produced remarkable calotypes of the cathedrals of Notre-Dame (Paris), Chartres, and Amiens, as well as other structures.

By 1851 Le Secq was considered one of the best architectural photographers in France and was a founder of the Société Héliographique.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).



The Windmill photography I picked one of Henri Le Secq was not one of his most famous ones. It still to me shows how he viewed these buildings at a unique point of view. This one from the back to show how all the things that are hidden in the back are still important and make a picture look truly put together. This shows the environment that it is built in and tries to show what these windmill are use for. Here at this point of view also it shows how big the panels are that the wind has to move to make them work. I really like the way he takes the imperfections and makes them into an amazing picture.







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