Abel Briquet

Abel Briquet
Born Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet
30 December 1833
Paris, France
Died 1926 (aged 92-93)
Mexico
Occupation photographer

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]

Gallery

Mexican National Railway

Other

References

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