- Félix Bonfils
.
He was born on
8 March 1831 in St. Hippotyte du Fort and died in Alès in 1885. He and his family moved toBeirut in 1867 where they opened aphotographic studio called "Maison Bonfils", which became "F. Bonfils et Cie" in 1878. Bonfils took photographs inLebanon ,Egypt ,Palestine ,Syria ,Greece andConstantinople (nowIstanbul ).In 1872 he published the album “Architecture Antique” (by Ducher press) after presenting some of his pictures to the Societé Française de Photographie. His work became well known for the tourists that travelled to those countries because they bought their photos as souvenirs. He lately opened another studio in Alès (
France ).Further reading
”The Image of the East: Nineteenth-Century Near-Eastern Photographs by Bonfils” by Gavin (Carney E.S.). From the Collection of the Harvard Semitic Museum, Chicago/London. University of Chicago Press, 1982.
External links
* [http://authorities.loc.gov/webvoy.htm Anglo-American Name Authority File, s.v. "Bonfils, Félix", LC Control Number n 87127847, cited
6 February 2006]
* [http://www.cca.qc.ca/collectionenligne/fiches/fiches15.asp?makeDiv=false&ID=Bonfils%2C+F%C3%A9lix&origineObject=PH1986:0537&ficheType=2&langue=2 Canadian Centre for Architecture; Collections Online, s.v. "Bonfils, Félix", cited6 February 2006]
* [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=bonfils&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500016696 Union List of Artists Names, s.v. "Bonfils, Félix", cited6 February 2006]
* [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/search/results.html?ixsid=aodX5uAakiD&qs=bonfils Images by Bonfils]
* [http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/bonfils/ Felix Bonfils collection Princeton]
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