Sergey Lvovich Levitsky
1819–1898 (age 79)
Biography
Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian: Серге́й Льво́вич Леви́цкий; 17 August [O.S. 5 August] 1819 – 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1898) was a Russian photographer, best known for his portraits. He is considered to be one of the patriarchs of Russian photography and one of Europe's most important early photographic pioneers, inventors and innovators.