Maxime Du Camp
Colossol Monolith of Amenhotep III, Gournah
1849
Among the earliest photographic documentation of ancient Egyptian monuments, this salted paper print captures the weathered grandeur of a colossal statue using cutting-edge 19th-century photographic techniques. Du Camp's archaeological photography played a crucial role in bringing ancient Egyptian art to European scholarly attention.
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- salted paper print from calotype negative, Blanquart-Évrard process
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