Maxime Du Camp
Palais de Karnak, Salle Hypostyle Prise au Nord; Thèbes, plate 35 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
1849
Documenting the forest of columns in Karnak's great hall, this early photograph reveals the monumental scale that drawings could never fully convey. Du Camp's systematic photographic survey marked a revolutionary moment when photography began to serve archaeological and scholarly purposes.
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- Salted paper print
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