Joseph Tairraz
1827-01-01THE BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Tairraz is the son of the syndic (mayor) and guide and buys a glass plate daguerreotype in Geneva. In 1857, he began to shoot portraits in a studio set up in the family home and then set up as a “photographer guide”. And what a job! because not only the device weighs more than 20kgs but each plate weighs at least ten kilos not to mention the tripods, the
