Syout. Constructions Modernes - Le Divan, etcetera

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Syout. Constructions Modernes - Le Divan, etcetera

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French Photographer · 1817–1892

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In 1851, while a civil engineer in Grenoble, France, a center of Egyptological research, Félix Teynard embarked on a journey to photograph architectural structures in Egypt. Presumably self-taught in photography, Teynard traveled more than a thousand miles up the Nile River, "isolated in a region of unmitigated poverty . . . amidst the peoples of Egypt and Nubia," carrying his cumbersome, heavy eq

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Date: negative 1851–1852; print 1853
Medium: Salted paper print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

The edge of a desert city consisting of modern construction. The buildings are low with rectangular windows. Two minarets rise above the surrounding rooftops in the center of the city. Palm trees are scattered throughout the buildings.

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