Émile Gsell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Gsell

French photographer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1838

Place of Birth: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1879

Profession: photographer, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Émile Gsell (1838 - 1879) was a French photographer who worked in Southeast Asia, becoming the first commercial photographer based in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City).
He participated in at least three scientific expeditions, and the images he produced from the first, to Angkor Wat, are amongst the earliest photographs of that site.
Though he died at an early age he managed to make several hundred photographs in just over a dozen years featuring a wide range of subject matter including architecture, landscapes, and studio, ethnographic and genre portraits.