Английская Википедия:Abel Briquet
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Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet (30 December 1833, Paris – 1926, Mexico) was a French pioneer of photography, particularly in Mexico.
Biography
Briquet became a photographer in Paris in 1854. He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy.[1]
He closed his studio in Paris in 1865, but it not certain when he started work in Mexico, however in 1876, he did receive a commission to record the construction of the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano - FNM) line being built between Veracruz and Mexico City.[1] He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions. He also published a series of photography books: Vistas Mexicanas, Tipos Mexicanos and Antiquedades Mexicanos.[1] Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts.[1]
His photos appeared in several books, and albums among them we can mention "Mexico artístico y pintoresco" edited by Julio Michaud and "Mexico, Its Social Evolution" coordinated by the historian Justo Sierra.
Gallery
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Shoeing the Mules (Mexican Village Scene)
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Chapultepec Castle between 1880 and 1900
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Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral between 1880 and 1900
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Municipal Palace of Veracruz between 1880 and 1900
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Santo Domingo Square, Mexico City in 1900
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National Palace, Mexico City in 1900
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