Charles-Louis Michelez was born in Paris, the son of Charles Louis and Félicité Michelez née Morin. He was married to Alicia Roux.
He took a photograph of the Railway of the Prince Imperial in 1859, which is the oldest known photograph of a model railway in the world.
He then specialized in photographing works of art.[1] In 1861 he exhibited during the National Art Show and Exhibition a series of photographs of Gustave Doré's original drawings for The Inferno in the photography room of the Academic Salon.[2] In 1867 he took five photographs at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.[1]
From 1874 to 1884 he had a photographic studio in Paris.[1]
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