Travel and Tourist Trade Images
Wilhelm Hammerschmidt (German, 1830 - 1869) Hammerschmidt was born in Berlin and was an established photographer before he moved to Cairo in 1860 where he set up a shop. He exhibited ten Egyptian views at the Société Française de Photographie in 1861, and he also exhibited costume and ethnographic studies at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.
Kimbei Kusakabe (Japanese, active 1880 - 1900) Kusakabe has been well known internationally since his lifetime for his vast output of "custom and costume" photographic images - scenes of people and places throughout Japan that appealed to foreign tourists and collectors. Artists in his studio would add watercolor highlights to his photographs, which would then be assembled in fine lacquer albums, such as the one in Georgetown's Collection.
Gabriel Lekegian (American, active 1870 - 1890) Lekegian was an American photographer who had a photography studio in Cairo. He trained as an artist with an expatriat Italian artist and was influenced by the Orientalist style of Jean-Léon Gérôme and his teacher. Lekegian marketed his views as more artistic than those of his competitors. He became the preferred photographer of Egypt's royal family and the British army in Egypt, who commissioned hi to document building projects in the region.
Gamianoset Sarolides (Greek, 19th century) Sarolides is a little-known Greek photographer who produced tourist oriented views in Port Said and Cairo, Egypt, during the 1870s.
Frederick W. Sohon (American, 19th century) Sohon was a physician who traveled on an Arctic expedition and created cyanotypes and gelatin silver prints of the landscape. These prints are held in the Manuscripts repository.
Adelphoi Zangaki, or Zangaki Brothers (Greek, active 1860s - 1890s) The Zangaki brothers had a commerical studio in Port Said and Cairo, Egypt where they sold popular views of the pyramids, ancient architecture and local life to travelers in the later 19th century. They had a portable darkroom carried in a horse-drawn wagon and were among the first photographers to make large format views of Egypt.
Unknown artist (British, 19th century) Vintage photo postcards of churches, castles and structures in England ca. 1870s by an unidentified photographer
