Tebessa. Vue de la Basilique

Tebessa. Vue de la Basilique
North Africa, Tunisia. Albert, Ph. D., XIX century. - 1 l. per passepartout. Passepartout size: 30.5 x 24 cm; photo size: 26 x 20 cm. Foxings, spots; passepartout cut carelessly.

Professional photographer Charles Albert (North Africa, 1890-1937) is the author of a large number of rare photographs, from natural attractions and archaeological sites to the World Exhibition of 1900, since his studio was originally located in Paris. In the 1880s, Albert opened several branches in North Africa - in Tunisia and Algeria.

In the 1890s, he actively published photographs of Tunisian events in the famous magazine L'Illustration, including covering the murder of the Marquis de Mores by the Tuaregs in El Ouatia in 1896 and the opening of the port of Sfax in 1897. Not limited to cooperation with L'Illustration, he shoots and prints the most valuable ethnographic material while shooting in the most remote places of Tunisia and Algeria and publishes many postcards dedicated to North Africa under the name Collection Etoile-Photo Albert (EPA). A distinctive feature of Albert's works is the studio shooting in national costumes, which made up a rather rich collection.