André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, French, 1819-1889 Disdéri is best known as a portraitist and popularizer of the carte-de-visite. He spent 10 years as a painter and working in the theater, and another five in the clothing business, before becoming seriously interested in photography around age 30. He first operated studios in Brest and Nïmes, then moved to Paris and opened a studio in 1854, and a s