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was not the younger Count Ostroróg, but a different photographer altogether. Others, like the photographic historian, Zygmunt
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in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, who died at the address on 20 April 1935, (Paris
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process for the reproduction of art, although that did not produce the results he desired until much later in Paris. In the meantime he continued with portraits of society people including royalty as his father had done earlier. The
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and experimented with the figure of the model, entirely eschewing aspects of background and other perquisites. During this period he used the pseudonym "Laryew" and under that name produced a book of 100
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Londres, where initially he specialized in theatre and cabaret artists including
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to set up a photographic studio. In 1866 the family were back in Warsaw, but the following year after the death of the second son, they left for Paris in time for the birth of the third son,
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for a year helping in the construction of a railway and opening up a colony. He spent the next few years travelling with a camera and survey instruments in Africa, to places like
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Finally, the "Lucien" and "Waléry" pseudonyms became associated with the name of "Charles
Auguste Varsavaux" (1866–1935), another French photographer, who took over the former
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