Jean Pascal Sébah (1872 – 6 June 1947) was a
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photographer. The son of
Pascal Sébah
Pascal Sébah (1823–1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cairo, who produced a prolific number of images of Egypt, Turkey and Greece to serve the tourist trade.
Life and work
Pascal Sébah was born in Constantinople ...
, he continued the Sébah family's photographic legacy after his father's death in 1886.
Life and career
Jean Pascal Sébah was the son of
Pascal Sébah
Pascal Sébah (1823–1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cairo, who produced a prolific number of images of Egypt, Turkey and Greece to serve the tourist trade.
Life and work
Pascal Sébah was born in Constantinople ...
who had opened a photographic studio in Cairo from the mid-1850s and another studio in Constantinople from the early 1870s. The Sébah studio had earned a reputation for the foremost Orientalist photography in the region.
[Hannavy, J., ''Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography,'' Routledge, 2013, p. 1036]
Following his father's death on 25 June 1886, the studio continued in business. Initially it was managed by his uncle, Cosmi (his father's brother), and in 1888 Pollicarpe Joaillier became a partner. At this time the company was renamed Sebah & Joaillier
Jean Pascal Sébah, also joined in 1888 and went on to run the studio with other photographers. The firm developed a reputation as the leading representative of Orientalist photography and in 1889 was appointed the Photographers by Appointment to the Prussian Court.
[Hannavy, J., ''Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography,'' Routledge, 2013, p. 1032 and p. 1036]
In 1893, Sultan
Abdulhamid II
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sponsored fifty-one
photographic albums representing the span of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
with two of the volumes produced by Sebah & Joaillier. U.S. President
Grover Cleveland
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was one of the recipients of the photo collection and it is now in the
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[Photography in Ottoman Istanbul](_blank)
by Margaret Kurkoski, 2013-2015 Curatorial Fellow, Smith College Museum of Art
The "Foto Sabah" studio in
Pera, Constantinople, was the most prestigious photography studio in the city for many decades during the 19th and 20th centuries. Their photographs depicted sites such as the
Hagia Sophia
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, the
Blue Mosque and the
Galata Tower
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Sébah died on 6 June 1947, at the age of 75.
Gallery
File:Album Constantinople 21.jpg, Ottoman dignitaries
File:Album_Constantinople_27.jpg, Orthodox clergyman
File:Derviche Hurleur, Turquie.jpg, Turkish dervish
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File:Jean Pascal Sebah - Nubian Woman.jpg, Nubian woman
File:Album Constantinople 38.jpg, View of Constantinople
File:Intérieur de la mosquée de Ste Sophie.jpg, Interior of Hagia Sophia
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mosque
File:Sirkeci-gari-sebah-and-joaillier.jpg, Sirkeci train station, Constantinople
File:Jean Pascal Sebah, Statue de Ramses - Memphis - 18802.jpg, Statue of Rameses, 1880s
See also
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List of Orientalist artists
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Orientalism
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...
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1872 births
1947 deaths
Armenian photographers
Commercial photographers
Photography in Egypt
Early photographers in Egypt