- P. Dittrich
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P. Dittrich (fl. 1880–1918)[1] was the first German photographer to establish himself in Egypt. He presumably came with the group Heymann, Laroche & Co., of which he was a member. He opened his own studio in the 1890s.[2] Dittrich was the photographer to the Court of Egypt. American journalist Amédée Baillot de Guerville refers to him in his book New Egypt (1905) by stating:
"To those in Cairo I can thoroughly recommend either M. Lekégian or M. Dittrich, photographer to the Court. The latter has a wonderful collection of portraits, admirably done, of all the more important persons. His rooms are a real museum of all the celebrities, masculine and feminine, whom Cairo has known in the last five-and-twenty years."[3]
References
- ^ "Dittrich, P." (select any one of the images then click on "Image Details"). NYPL Digital Gallery. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=14162&s=1¬word=&f=13&sScope=Name&sLabel=Dittrich%2C%20P.&cols=4. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Beaugé, Gilbert (1993) (snippet view). Egypt: Dream and Realities. Cairo: Aujourd'hui l'Égypte. OCLC 34120390. http://books.google.com/books?id=rTZyAAAAMAAJ&q=Dittrich#search_anchor. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Guerville, Amédée Baillot de (1905). "Introduction". New Egypt. London: W. Heinemann. p. xiii. OCLC 5663657. http://books.google.com/books?id=bNpmWDsBWXYC&lpg=PR13&pg=PR13. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
Categories:- 19th-century births
- 20th-century deaths
- Expatriate photographers in Egypt
- German expatriates in Egypt
- German photographers
- Portrait photographers
- European photographer stubs
- German artist stubs
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