Henri Moser
Born in 1928.
Died in 1993.
Stanislas Ratel appears in the sources as an early practitioner of photography: from 1841 to 1849, in collaboration with his brother-in-law Charles Choiselat, he produced numerous daguerreotypes of landscapes in southern France, including panoramic views composed by juxtaposing plates (f4).
Born at the Château de Mauregard in 1824, he obtained an engineering diploma from the École des Mines in 1846 (f1, f2).
Having joined the Paris-Orléans railway company, he settled in Tours in 1848, an indication of a professional trajectory that led him to reconcile technical activities with photographic practice (f3).
His collaboration with Charles Choiselat ended in 1849, a date marking the conclusion of the documented period of their joint production of daguerreotypes (f5).
He was appointed a Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1856, an honour recorded in the sources consulted (f6).