Louis-Philippe Messelier

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Title: Louis-Philippe Messelier
Creator: Louis-Philippe Messelier See all items with this value
jobTitle: Journalists See all items with this value
gender: Male See all items with this value
nationality: French See all items with this value
Date: 1901-1986?
birthPlace: Lille (France)
Description: Louis-Philippe Messelier was born in Lille in 1901, a city in Northern France. He left his hometown at 18 years old and travelled to Shanghai. He settled down in the French concession and was first involved in the business of wool in the 1930s. He juggled his business career with taking photographs as a journalist for the French newspaper “Journal de Shanghai”. Based on the content of his photographs, we can surmise that he visited Beijing and areas surrounding it (such as the Great Wall and the Ming tombs).