hippolyte bayard

• fotoğrafçılık tarihinin en çok hakkı yenmiş ve bilinmeyen ancak önemli figürlerindendir.oldukça muzip de bir karaktere sahiptir.
  
  the corpse of the gentleman you see here . . . is that of monsieur bayard, inventor of the process that you have just seen. . . . as far as ı know this ingenious and indefatigable experimenter has been occupied for about three years with perfecting his discovery. . . . the government, who gave much to monsieur daguerre, has said it can do nothing for monsieur bayard, and the poor wretch has drowned himself. oh the vagaries of human life! . . .