In:
Photographica, OpenEdition, , No. 3 ( 2021-10-07), p. 98-115
Abstract:
The French photographer Paul Cardon (1858‑1941) realises, between 1887 and 1917, under the pseudonym Dornac, a collection of photographs entitled “Nos contemporains chez eux” [Our contemporaries at home], representing famous figures of his time in their private spaces. Some of these photographs are also printed on the illustrated periodicals such as Le Monde illustré or La Nature. At the end of the 1890s, the Ottoman journal Servet-i Fünun [The Wealth of Sciences] , published by the editor Ahmed İhsan (1868-1942), reproduces, in its turn, a series of photographs of its Ottoman contemporaries at home. Servet-i Fünun explicitly mentions the title “Nos contemporains chez eux” in the captions of published portraits, revealing its source of inspiration. This article aims to discuss the ways in which this photographic model had circulated, between Paris and Istanbul, at the end of the nineteenth century. The focus will be on the photographs as well as on their modes of publishing in the illustrated journals.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
DOI:
10.54390/photographica.521
DOI:
10.54390/photographica
DOI:
10.54390/photographica.612
Language:
French
Publisher:
OpenEdition
Publication Date:
2021
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