 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muSaint-Hippolyte-du-Fort uye akafa muAlès. Félix aishanda somunhu aisunga mabhuku. Muna 1860, akabatana neGeneral dHautpouls expedition to the Levant, yakarongwa neFrance zvichitevera kuurayiwa kwevaKristu muhondo yevagari vemopakati pavaKristu navaDruze muGomo reRebhanoni neDhamasiko. Paakadzokera kuFrance, zvinofungidzirwa kuti Félix akadzidziswa nzira yokudhinda nayo neheliogravure naAbel Niépce de Saint-Victor uye akavhura hofisi yokudhinda muAlès muna 1864. Achangodzoka kubva kuLebanon, akava mutori wemifananidzo. 