Beach of Etretat by frères Seeberger 1912
The Seeberger Brothers Henri, Jules and Louis were pioneers in Fashion Photography
They came to Normandy to take pictures of the fashionable beaches, not only Etretat but also Dieppe, Honfleur and Deauville. Seeberger Pictures of this online Expo by Visit Etretat.com are all taken on a sunday in the summer around 1912.
Their father came from Bavaria and emigrated to France after the Kingdom of Bavaria was annexed by Prussia. 1891 The oldest brother Jules Seeberger was the first one to discover photography. The younhger brothers follow and they start to become Postcard photographers in particular for Kunzli and Leopold Verger. 1909 The Seebergers start to become avant-garde fashion photographers.
The Seebergers also worked for Chanel
brothers Henri, Jules and Louis Seeberger around 1900
Beach of Etretat with view on the falaise d'Aval Claude Monet had contributed to become famous through his paintings photo by Seeberger Brothers around 1912
Dressed Up little girls on the beach of Etretat on a Sunday photo by Seeberger Brothers around 1912
On the beach of Etretat with view on the falaise d'Amont and Chapelle Notre Dame de la Garde photo by Seeberger Brothers around 1912
Fashionistas sitting on Falaise d'Aval and looking over the Beach of Etretat photo by Seeberger brothers around 1912
In the 1930 the second generation of the Seebergers Jean Seeberger and Albert Seeberger start to work for the photo studio. 1977 sadly the Seeberger frères photo studio closes making an end to a French fashion story.
Seeberger Photography Book by Virginie Chardin ` The Books gives an overview to Seeberhger fashion photography with over 300 images mostly coming from Paris
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