Dimitri Ermakov – Photographer and Collector. Masters of 19th Century Photography.

Beschrijving

28.5 x 24.5 cm. 302 pp. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated.- Complete archive of photographer, collector and entrepreneur Dimitri Ermakov. This very large collection consists of images that Ermakov made himself, supplemented with photos of contemporaries from the Caucasus. – Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov (1846-1916) Russian photographer known for his series of the Caucasian photographs . – As an adult, he operated photographic businesses in Tiflis. He traveled extensively as far as Iran and participated in several archaeological expeditions in the Caucasus, leaving a series of unique photographs. These photographs document the lifestyles, customs and costumes of Russian people in the late 19th-century forming an important ethnographic record of the region and its inhabitants. Thousands of his negatives are now kept at Georgian museums. – Corners a tiny bit bumped, otherwise a fine copy

Auteur: MAMATSASHVILI, Lika & Herman MAES

Jaar: 2014

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Uitgeverij: Georgian National Museum

Plaats: Tbilisi

ISBN: 9789941938009