Georges Tairraz II
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-03-20 (75 years old)
Deathday
1975-06-01
Place of Birth
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Also known As
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Georges Tairraz II
Biography
Between 1857 and 2000, four photographers will, from father to son, invent and pass on the art of mountain photography. They are called Tairraz. Joseph Tairraz, Georges Tairraz I, Georges Tairraz II, and Pierre Tairraz. The story begins in Chamonix in 1857. Joseph Tairraz, son of the syndic (mayor), buys a daguerreotype device in Geneva. Four years later, before Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, the Emperor's official photographer, he took the first photograph at the top of Mont-Blanc. Very quickly, the young man opened a studio in the center of Chamonix. He will pass the baton to his son Georges. The dynasty is spawned. Georges Tairraz (1900-1975), w...
Acting
2000
1955
as Self
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Self
1952
1950
as Self
Production
1948
as Cinematography
1947
as Cinematography
1950
as Director
1950
as Cinematography
1950
as Set Photographer
1961
as Set Photographer
1953
as Cinematography
1955
as Cinematography
1924
as Director
1946
as Cinematography
1952
as Director
1952
as Cinematography
1923
as Cinematography
1940
as Cinematography
1944
as Set Photographer
1959
as Cinematography
1959
as Cinematography
1959
as Cinematography
1924
as Cinematography
1961
as Cinematography
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