Beniamino Facchinelli

Beniamino Facchinelli
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Born	circa 1829
Died	circa 1897
Occupation	Photographer

Beniamino Facchinelli (c. 1829 – c. 1897) was an Italian photographer working in Cairo, Egypt during the late 19th century. Most of his known work is housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France and has been recently digitized.

Gallery

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  Great Sphinx of Giza
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  Feluccas on the Nile
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  Post-mortem infant

Bibliography

Ola Seif, "Topographical Photography in Cairo : The Lens of Beniamino Facchinelli" in Mercedes Volait (dir.), Le Caire.Dessiné et photographié au XIXe siècle, Paris : Picard CNRS, 2013 (D'une rive l'autre), p. 195-214

External links

• Works by Beniamino Facchinelli at Bibliothèque nationale de France
• Works by Beniamino Facchinelli at Getty Research Institute
• "Facchinelli, Beniamino" - Agorha, INHA