Pierre Lanith Petit was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 photographer born in Aups

Aups

Aups is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-Geography:...

, in Provence

Provence

Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

. He learned photography in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 'with' or better under orders of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was a French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite, a small photographic image which was mounted on a card...

 (1819–1889) in the 77 employees workshop. In 1858, he opened his own workshop.

He was the official photographer of the 1867 Exposition Universelle

Exposition Universelle (1867)

The Exposition Universelle of 1867 was a World Exposition held in Paris, France, in 1867.-Conception:In 1864, Emperor Napoleon III decreed that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. A commission was appointed with Prince Jerome Napoleon as president, under whose direction...

and went to New York

New York

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 several times to report on the construction of the Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

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In 1898, he was the first photographer to attempt underwater photography

Underwater photography

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External links

• Portraits by Petit at the National Portrait Gallery, london
• museeniepce.com