[The Great Wave, Sète], 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 33.7 x 41.4 cm (13 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.), Photographs, Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884), The dramatic effects of sunlight, clouds, and water in Le Gray's seascapes stunned his contemporaries and immediately brought him international recognition. At a time when photographic emulsions were not equally sensitive to all colors of the spectrum, most photographers found it impossible to achieve proper exposure of both landscape and sky in a single picture
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