early life and career charles reutlinger, a german-french photographer, was born on february 25, 1816, in karlsruhe, germany. he discovered his passion for portraiture at a young age, which led him to explore the world of photography. in 1839, reutlinger began his journey as a daguerreotypist in stuttgart before moving to paris around 1850. establishing the reutlinger studio in paris, charles reutlinger founded his first photographic s…