Maxime Du Camp
Southern Portion of the Rock-cut Temple of Hathor, Abu Simbel
1850
Captured using the pioneering Blanquart-Évrard photographic process, this early documentary photograph preserves the ancient Egyptian temple carved into living rock at Abu Simbel before modern alterations. Du Camp's expedition photography helped introduce European audiences to monumental Egyptian architecture through the new medium of photography.
- Medium
- salted paper print from calotype negative, Blanquart-Évrard process
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