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Writer Maxime Du Camp was only a photographer between when he accompanied the as yet little known Gustave Flaubert on a trip to Egypt and the Holy Land.

Maxime Du Camp was a French writer and photographer who is chiefly known for his vivid accounts of 19th-century French life....

Maxime Du Camp

French writer and photographer (1822–1894)

Maxime Du Camp
Maxime Du Camp (between 1850 and 1870)
Born	Maxime Du Camp (1822-02-08)8 February 1822 Paris, France
Died	9 February 1894(1894-02-09) (aged 72) Baden-Baden, German Empire
Resting place	Montmartre Cemetery
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Writer and photographer
Movement	Realism and Late Romanticism

Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer.

Biography

Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to his father's assets.

Maxime Du Camp was born on February 8, , in Paris, France, into a prosperous family.

Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights.

Maxime Du Camp was a French writer and photographer who is chiefly known for his vivid accounts of 19th-century French life.

Biography.

Maxime Du Camp () was the first French travel photographer.

Du Camp traveled in Europe and the East between 1844 and 1845, and again between 1849 and 1851 in company with Gustave Flaubert. After his return, Du Camp wrote about his traveling experiences. Flaubert also wrote about his experiences with Maxime.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1851, Du