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Maxime Du Camp — Palais de Karnak, Grands Pylones du Sud-Ouest; Thèbes, plate 36 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Palais de Karnak, Grands Pylones du Sud-Ouest; Thèbes, plate 36 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Captured during Du Camp's pioneering photographic expedition with Gustave Flaubert, this image preserves the monumental pylons of Karnak temple complex using the delicate salted paper process.

Medium
Salted paper print

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