This is how an image makes icons. Immortal youth. Lots of sex appeal. Rebellious energy and coolness: the hair artfully tangled, the neck tie as if blown away by the wind, the lips (offended?) pressed together, the eyes twisted upwards, the look as if intoxicated and insane. David Bowie, James Dean, Jim Morrison or Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Holden Caulfield - or: Arthur Rimbaud. The Bowies and Morrisons are copies. The photo became famous with Rimbaud, is him and is another, fits his image, the image that he and his lover Verlaine spread. The photographer, Étienne Carjat, it made immortal.
Étienne Carjat, 1828-1906, was always a little in the shadow of the great, successful colleague Nadar (real name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon). Like Nadar, he was a photographer and caricaturist of the beautiful, rich and famous; like Nadar, he was a journalist, writer, publisher, bohemian. In Paris, where else!
A photo self-portrait shows him in 1865 with a mischievous look, a little belly under the wide skirt, the temples already clearly thinned.
From the 1860s, he succeeds in photographs that are unparalleled in their density:
1862 a portrait of Charles Baudelaire, correctly dressed like a court assessor, he stares sternly, intensely and directly into the camera, no trace of debauchery or drug excesses, except perhaps the slightly shadowy eye sockets. Baudelaire, of all people, who considered photography the "refuge" of lazy, untalented painters.
In Carjat's portrait, Eugène Delacroix himself seems to mutate into one of these monstrous creatures of the Delacroix world - is it the narrow, finely contoured mouth and the compressed lips? Like Baudelaire and many contemporaries, Delacroix looked down on photography - which didn't stop artists from living the same bohemian life, socializing in the same circles, and using photography, not just their own portraits. Painters also use photographs as models for their paintings. Like Nadar, Carjat concentrated in his portraits on the person, his gestures and facial expressions. The background remained deliberately simple and without decoration, "typical" photographic accessories such as a curtain or piano were absent, accents were created primarily by the "Rembrandt" lighting in the usually dark surroundings (the so-called Chiaroscuro effect), the facial features modulated by light and shadow, and the pose. Gustave Courbet had himself photographed countless times by his friend Carjat for greeting cards, the cartes de visite, depending on his mood and the occasion with a completely different message: for him Étienne Carjat was his biographer.
In 1871, Carjat supported the uprising of the French National Guard and workers and the socialist Paris Commune, which lasted only 72 days and was crushed by the bourgeois Thiers government.
1871 also saw the creation of the famous Rimbaud photograph, which today survives only as a copy, because: In January 1872, a dispute over Rimbaud's impertinent behavior escalated at an artist's regulars' table; Rimbaud injured Étienne Carjat, and Carjat is said to have then destroyed all the original photographic plates of the Rimbaud portraits.
He sold the studio in the mid-1870s. Was it the political situation, the Restoration after 1871, or the financial woes of the photo studio? Little is known about Carjats' last 30 years.
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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud aged 17, 1871 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Jean Baptiste Camille Corot by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "The Restaurant of the Great Art Exhibition: A symbiotic love for the arts and the cutlet by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Paris, The Great Art Exhibition: In the Great Salon, A Moment of Reflection by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Frédérick Lemaître French actor and playwright by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis Blanc by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Eugène Clémenceau, c. 1876 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Composer Jean-Georges Kastner 1810-1867, 1867 by Etienne Carjat")
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_1861_(albumen_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-565925).jpg "Portrait of Honore Daumier, 1861 by Etienne Carjat")
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_best_known_by_her_pen_name_of_Adrien_Robe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1557825).jpg "Portrait of Charles Basset (1822-1869) by Etienne Carjat")
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_french_poet_-_(MeisterDrucke-1470685).jpg "Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), french poet by Etienne Carjat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1484025).jpg "Caricature of composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) by Etienne Carjat")
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_Theatre_-_Monrose_Antoi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1077453).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat (1826-1906): Theatre - Monrose Antoine-Martial Louis Barizain, Louis Monrose (1811-1883) by Etienne Carjat")
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_Sivori_Camille_Camillo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1077452).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat (1826-1906): Sivori Camille Camillo (1815-1894) by Etienne Carjat")
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_Medical_medicine_sa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1078067).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat: Medical, medicine, health, Charity, Anatomy, Posters Display - Surgeon, Velpeau Alfred by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the pianist and composer Émile Prudent by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud aged 17, 1871 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of an unknown man by photographer Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_by_photographer_Etienne_Carjat_O_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663875).jpg "Portrait of novelist Jules Claretie by photographer Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_french_poet_photo_by_Carjat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1471374).jpg "Pierre Dupont, French Poet, Photo by Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "André Gill French caricaturist by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "The Evolution of France under the Third Republic, 1897 (page 385 crop) by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_diplomat_and_administrator_at_the_Suez_C_-_(MeisterDrucke-1047459).jpg "Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), French diplomat and administrator at the Suez Canal. Caricature by Carjat. by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Émile Deshayes de Marcère French Politician by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Composer Count Nicolò Gabrielli, 1890 by Etienne Carjat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1063185).jpg "Charles Victor Eugene Lefebvre, painter of History by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Abd-El-Kader by Etienne Carjat")
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_(publiciste_homme_politique)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1571874).jpg "Portrait of Alphonse Peyrat (1812 - 1890), (journalist, politician) by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Honoré Daumier by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Alexandre Dumas, French Novelist and Playwright by Etienne Carjat")
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_(publiciste_homme_politique)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1571875).jpg "Portrait of Alphonse Peyrat (1812 - 1890), (journalist, politician) by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Édouard Siebecker, c. 1876-84 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jules Simon by photographer Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_Rossini_(1792-1868)_Caricature_by_Etienne_Car_-_(MeisterDrucke-923901).jpg "Portrait of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Caricature by Etienne Carjat - digital colorisation by Etienne Carjat")
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_Billiards_-_Feval_Paul_-_(MeisterDrucke-1078749).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat: Billiards - Feval Paul by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Gustave Aimard by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Diogene by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the pianist and composer Sigismund Thalberg by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait, 1864 by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_composer_-_Photoengraving_of_a_photo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663869).jpg "Portrait of George Bizet, French composer - Photoengraving of a photograph by Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Self-portrait of Etienne Carjat, photographer, draftsman, journalist and playwright by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Hector Malot by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Gambetta, c. 1876 by Etienne Carjat")
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_Egypt_Lyre_Pyramids_-_D_-_(MeisterDrucke-1078345).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat: Egypt, Lyre, Pyramids - David Felicien (1810-1876) by Etienne Carjat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1533871).jpg "Portrait of François Delsarte, c.1870-90 by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_composer_Caricature_by_Etienne_Carjat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062849).jpg "Charles Gounod, French composer, Caricature by Etienne Carjat. by Etienne Carjat")
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_in_1874_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062649).jpg "Portrait of Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) in 1874 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Victor Hugo after Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the painter Gustave Courbet by photographer Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Jean Baptiste Camille Corot by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Marguerite Lecointe aka Marguerite Donve, French actress by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Emile-Jean-Marie Gautier by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Louis-LĂ©on-CĂ©sar Faidherbe by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Georges Bizet, French Composer and Pianist by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Hyacinthe Derval, French Comedian, Photo by Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_french_painter_photo_by_Carjat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1473296).jpg "Eugene Lavieille (1820-1889), French Painter, Photo by Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_1877_(see_also_124001)_-_(MeisterDrucke-574620).jpg "Giuseppe Verdi by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Paris Theatre: Angele Moreau by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_painter_in_his_workshop_studio_c_1876_photo_E_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663870).jpg "Gustave Courbet in his workshop studio, c. 1876, photo by Etienne Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_Art_-_Painters_artists_-_(MeisterDrucke-1078344).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat: Art - Painters artists, Diaz Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876) by Etienne Carjat")
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_violonist_as_a_child1876_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663881).jpg "Maurice Dengremont, violinist, as a child, 1876 by Etienne Carjat")
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_on_Jersey_rock_1867_(colour_engraving)_-_(MeisterDrucke-167057).jpg "Victor Hugo on Jersey Rock by Etienne Carjat")
_on_Jersey_rock_1867_(colour_engraving)_-_(MeisterDrucke-167057).jpg)
_French_writer_(photo)_-_(MeisterDrucke-913963).jpg "Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French writer by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Henri Monnier by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_writer_by_Carjat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1048840).jpg "Jules Verne (1828-1905), French writer, by Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_poet_-_(MeisterDrucke-1061093).jpg "Charles Baudelaire, French Poet by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Composer Olivier MĂ©tra by Etienne Carjat")
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_Janin_Jules_(1804-1874)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1078346).jpg "Flying leaf - Illustration by Etienne Carjat: Janin Jules (1804-1874) by Etienne Carjat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1470667).jpg "Victor Hugo french poet and novelist here in 1876 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of Alexandre Dumas Père by Carjat. by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man, 1879 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the composer François Bazin 1816-1878 by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "The Paintings Exhibition of 1868: Giving it the Last Touch by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Diogenes by Etienne Carjat")
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_French_writer_Photo_de_Carjat_-_(MeisterDrucke-913208).jpg "Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French writer, Photo by Carjat by Etienne Carjat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062682).jpg "Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud (1859 - 1891) by Etienne Carjat")
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.jpg "Portrait of the composer and flautist Jean-Louis Tulou by Etienne Carjat")
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_from_Galerie_Contemporaine_c1874-78_-_(MeisterDrucke-170836).jpg "Henri Martin, from")
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_french_acto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1473413).jpg "Charles-Adrien Lesot de La Penneterie aka Lacressonniere, French Actor and Playwright by Etienne Carjat")
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_from_Galerie_Contemporaine_c1874-78_(bw_photo)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108808).jpg "Jacques Eugene Spuller (1835-96), from")
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.jpg "Portrait of the painter Alfred Stevens 1828-1906, c. 1870 by Etienne Carjat")
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