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Félix-Jacques Antoine Moulin (1802 – 1875) was a French photographer.
In 1849, Moulin opened a photographer’s studio at 31 bis rue du Faubourg Montmartre and started producing daguerreotypes of young girls aged 14 to 16. In 1851, Moulin’s work was confiscated, and he was sentenced to one month imprisonment for the “obscene” character of his works, “so obscene that even to pronounce the titles would violate public morality” according to court records.
After his release, Moulin continued his activities more discreetly. He taught photography, sold photographic equipment, and had a backdoor installed to his studio to dodge further legal problems. His works gained esteem from critics.
In 1856, Moulin made a photographic trip to Algeria, with a tonne of equipment, backed and financed by the French government, which allowed it to gain benefit from the structures of colonialism. There, he met technical difficulties due to variations in humidity, work in the open, and the quality of water, but managed nonetheless to extensively document the benefit of French colonies in Northern Africa. | quoted from Google Arts & Culture, here