[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle], probably 1895?96, Gelatin silver print, Image: 37.1 x 29.3...

[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle], probably 1895?96, Gelatin silver print, Image: 37.1 x 29.3 cm (14 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.), Photographs, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), While Degas was aware of photography from the beginning of his career, he did not take up the medium until 1895, when he embraced it with great enthusiasm. By then, the motifs in his paintings and pastels-dancers, women at their toilette, horses, and even his rare forays into landscape-were established, as were his untraditional viewpoints, lighting effects, and compositions; what was novel was his approach to his materials | usage worldwide