Ernest Charles Eugène Appert: The Shadow Photographer of Paris Ernest Charles Eugène Appert (1830 – 1891) remains a figure shrouded in both fascination and controversy within the annals of 19th-century French art history. More than just a photographer, Appert was an innovator who skillfully harnessed the nascent power of photomontage to shape public perception during one of France’s most turbulent periods – the Paris Commune of 1871.…