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photographers and photo studios



Hello-

As I keep coming across cartes-de-visites and cabinet cards, I'm a
little curious about how photo studios in the late 1800's and early
1900's operated. When a photograph from this time period carries the
name of a studio, is it safe to assume that this is also the name of the
photographer? For example, a cartes-de-visite stamped "Notman" on the
back would be credited as a photograph by Mr. Notman? Or were these
studios usually made up of a team of photographers, making the name of
the studio, in essence, the printer or publisher of the image (an
anonymous photographer took the picture, Notman Studio printed this
image)? Are there any reference sources that discuss the workings of
early photo studios?

Thanks so much.


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