Unlike French stereo photographers, who flooded the market with Spanish views, the most important British publishers and photographers rarely made Spanish views. Quite possibly this was precisely because of the rapid market penetration of the French, such as Gaudin, Ferrier and others, and in spite of the leading British photographic houses, such…[Read more]

José Spreáfico (1831-1878) is especially known for his two albums conserved in the archive of the Royal Palace (Madrid): the railroad from Malaga to Cordoba and La Rábida. Their daring plans of bridges and railroads and their additions to the human element, have captivated the authors who have been dealing with the history of Spanish ph…[Read more]

The first time that there is historical steadfastness of the presence of a photographer in a warlike conflict, as graphic correspondent is in the war of Crimea, in 1854-55. In the successive conflicts armed with importance that happen from this date, 1859 and 1860, with the reunification of Italy and other episodes in the British empire, the photo…[Read more]

A complete investigation of the introduction of the photographic technique of stereoscopy in Spain, its development through the photographers who practiced it and their photographs. / Una completa investigación de la introducción de la técnica fotográfica de la estereoscopia en España, su desarrollo a través de los fotógrafos que la practi…[Read more]

Catalogo realizzato in occasione della serie di mostre dedicate, tra il 2021 e il 2022, dalla Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Jesi, dal Museo d’Arte Moderna e della Mail Art di Montecarotto (AN) e dal Museo Nori De’ Nobili di Trecastelli (AN), all’opera di Magdalo Mussio. Il testo prende in esame, in particolare, l’opera grafico-pittorica, oltre…[Read more]

The enormous interest that justifiably awakens the figure of Jean Laurent and his photographic work, not only among photohistorians but also in those who are interested in the many facets of cultural life of the nineteenth century in Spain, even in the general public, corresponds in reality to the large number of studies that he has been the…[Read more]

Gustavo Doré is considered one of the great universal illustrators. Throughout his life he made a very extensive work highlighting especially the work done to illustrate the Bible, the Quixote and the Divine Comedy. In 1862 he embarked on a trip through Spain accompanied by hispanist Charles Davillier.…[Read more]

The discovery of a photo album of the nineteenth century, the Andalusian village of Adra, Albuñol, Berja, Dalias and Almeria itself, causes a thorough investigation into its origin and its authors link with the history of these towns.
Spanish abstract: El descubrimiento de un álbum con fotografías del siglo XIX, de las localidades almeríenses de…[Read more]

After the discoveries and experiences of Charles Wheatstone and David Brewster, the stereoscopic photography turns into a great industry from the second half of the decade of 1850. The photography in general and the stereoscopic especially had great influence in the iconographic world of his time and therefore also in the image or graphic…[Read more]

Jean Laurent, of French origin, opened a photography studio in Madrid in the mid-1850s. During the following decades, between 1860 and 1880, he consolidated the most important photographic company in the Spain of the nineteenth century, in the style of the great European photographic houses. His work encompassed a large collection of sights and…[Read more]

Gathering all this news about Charles Monney (París 1830-Madrid 1875) and delving into the details of his professional life have made us consider his contribution to Spanish photography in its first decades. A photographer whose beginnings are linked to the legendary group of passer-by pioneers, somewhat later but who reminds us of photographers…[Read more]