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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: 4-lens bellows camera c1860
Disderi, like all successful entrepreneurs, sought to minimise his costs, and maximise his output - was his 4-lens camera the first attempt to bring to photography another level of automation? These cartes were an enormous success, starting a fad called carte-mania - everyone wanted one, as a visiting card, a business card, a promotional card for portrait photographers, even as an ‘at home’ invitation...https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Adolphe-Eug%C3%A8ne_Disd%C3%A9ri
Various photographers: Cartes des Visite - Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) 1863 + Princess Helena
by JJ Mayall 1861 + James McNeill Whistler (London Stereoscopic) 1875. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy- editorial-victorian-brits-obsessed-trading-tiny-photo-portraits