Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Paul Briol |
Dates & places of birth and death |
Born: 1899 (Massachusetts) Died: 1969 (New York, NY) |
Notes |
Paul Briol came to Cincinnati in 1909, working as a journalist and photographer until 1920. In the 1930s, he began taking portraits of prominent Cincinnati families, but he soon expanded to commercial, architectural, scenic and industrial work. His popularity grew in the 1930s and 1940s and he became known for manipulating photographs by superimposing negatives over each other, adding light and drama to otherwise mundane subjects. In 1950, he was involved in a serious automobile accident, forcing him to close his business. |
