Augusto Stahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian photographer
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Place of Birth: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
About Augusto Stahl
- Theóphile Auguste Stahl (Bergamo, May 23, 1828 – Alsace, October 30, 1877) or simply Augusto Stahl, as he was known in Brazil, was a French photographer who lived during the 19th century.
- Born in Bergamo, in Italy, son of a Lutheran priest, Stahl disembarked in Recife on December 31, 1853, on board the ship Thames, of the Royal Mail.
- He operated in Pernambuco until 1861, moving to Rio de Janeiro and receiving from the emperor D.
- Pedro II the title of Photographo da Casa Imperial (Photographer of the Imperial House), on April 21, 1862.
- A landscaper photographer, Stahl demonstrated interest for the tropical nature.
- He also documented the construction of the second Brazilian railway and the visit of Dom Pedro II to Recife, in 1858.
- He participated in various expositions of photographies in the 1860s.
- Stahl is known also for portraiting the everyday life of the Black slave. Augusto Stahl Photographic Collection
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