Alexander Roinashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე როინაშვილი; also known by his Russified name, Alexander Solomonovich Roinov, russian: Александр Соломонович Роинов) (1846 – 1898) was the first

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

. He is known for his photos of the

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landscapes and portraits of contemporary Georgian intellectuals. Ilia_Chavchavadze_by_Alexander_Roinashvili

Born in the mountainous community of

Dusheti Dusheti () is a town in Georgia (country), Georgia, the administrative center of Dusheti Municipality, in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare, region, 54 km northeast of the nation's capital of Tbilisi. History Dusheti is on both banks of the small ...

, east Georgia, then part of the

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, Roinashvili took photographic classes at the Khlamov studio in

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

. He began his career as a photographer in Tiflis in 1865 and soon set up his own studio. Closely associated with the Georgian national movement, he was involved in documenting cultural heritage in Georgia and organized a mobile museum of photography which toured across the Caucasus and Russia proper.Henisch, Heinz K. & Henisch, Bridget Ann (1994), ''The Photographic Experience, 1839-1914'', pp. 348-9. Penn State Press, .

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A. Roinashvili's photogallery
The Georgian Museum of Photography 1846 births 1898 deaths Burials at Didube Pantheon Photographers from Georgia (country) Photographers from the Russian Empire {{Georgia-bio-stub