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Grand Palacio, Mitla
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Désiré CharnayFrench Photographer · 1828–1915
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As an adventurous young schoolteacher in New Orleans, Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay decided to become an explorer. After a brief return to his native France and a tour of the United States, he set off on his first expeditionary sojourn in 1857 to Mexico, where he photographed pre-Columbian ruins. In 1863 he spent three months on the island of Madagascar off the southeastern coast of Africa as a wri
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- about 1860
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- Albumen silver print
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- French
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
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