Marcelin Flandrin (1889–1957) was a French military photographer. Marcelin Flandrin settled in Morocco in 1901, where he completed his military service as a volunteer in 1912. A photographer by profession, he served in the ''Service Photographique des Armées'' ( fr), completing a series of reports during the Rif War. In World War I, he served in the French Air Force, finishing as an aerial observer sending aerial shots of battles. He settled in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

, capturing the city in transformation from 1921 to 1930, publishing a book entitled ''Casablanca de 1889 à nos jours'' in 1929. In 1921, he published aerial images of a flight from Casablanca to France in ''

L'Illustration ''L'Illustration'' was a weekly French language, French newspaper published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, a ...

''. In 1922, he illustrated the Morocco pavilion at the ''Exposition coloniale de Marseille''. In 1924, his photos were published in "''Nordafrica''" next to those of Rudolf Lehnert. He covered the official visit of Sultan Yusef of Morocco to France in 1926. Marcelin Flandrin was also one of the most important publishers of post cards in Morocco. He was also the first to do aerial photography in Morocco; he notably captured the last known photograph of a wild Barbary lion in the Atlas Mountains, taken on a flight from

to Dakar in 1925. Flandrin - 93 - 763 - Une jolie marocaine

Marcelin Flandrin also created many nude orientalist postcards of Moroccan women in the ''

Bousbir Bousbir ( ary, بوسبير, french: quartier réservé) was a walled-off brothel quarter in Casablanca, Morocco, established by Resident General Lyautey during the French protectorate. Origins Following the Treaty of Fez in 1912, Morocco b ...

'', or , a colonial brothel-city in Casablanca. Flandrin was influential in creating the stereotype of the "Arab African" prostitute: young, brown, exotic looking (to the European eye) topless and wearing robes or

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. Most of the photographs were carefully staged rather than being taken spontaneously.

Publications

* Marcelin Flandrin, Joseph Georges Arsène Goulven, ''Casablanca rétro'', Éditions Serar, 1988 * Marcelin Flandrin, ''Casablanca, de 1889 à nos jours'', Éditions Serar, 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flandrin, Marcelin 1957 deaths 1889 births 20th-century photographers French photographers People from Casablanca French expatriates in Morocco fr:Établissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Défense