Specializing in antique and collectible photography, Jean-François Rat offers only original prints in his shop, with no reproductions. His shop caters to curious visitors, knowledgeable amateurs, and serious collectors alike, with works available for all budgets.

You will find portraits, cityscapes, and landscapes from France and abroad, as well as a large collection of military-related items. Particular attention is paid to 19th-century photography.

A wide range of antique processes are available: salted paper, albumen prints, daguerreotypes, supplies for daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, panotypes, ferrotypes, carte de visite (CDV), cabinet cards, stereoscopic views, glass plates, cyanotypes, negatives for reprinting, and large prints.

The shop also offers a selection available exclusively on site and not available online, including rare items, documentary collections, and works by identified or anonymous photographers, placed in their historical and technical context.

Jean-François succeeds Jérôme Monnier, and before him Arnaud Fourmont, who made this shop a must-see for photography at the Saint Ouen Flea Market.