Eritrea: Photography


Figure 1.--We suspect that much of the early phoography was by Italian or other European operators and many of the clients were Europeans. We do note what looks like a snapshot in 1952. It has ragged edges and the image only takes up part of the paper. It is marked Foto Expresso in Asmara. The name suggests an Italian operator. I think that meant that they developed the roll of film, but they may have also been a portrait studio.

As far as we know, photography in Eritrea was a European introduction. There may have been photographers active before the Italians seized Eritrea, but we have no information on this. The first Italian settlements in the area were established (1882). This is probably about the time that the first studios were established. We do not yet have any examples of early photography. We suspect that much of the early photography was by Italian or other European operators and many of the clients were Europeans. The trends and formats were presumably similar to Italian photographic trends trends. We note that Greeks were also active with photogrphy in Middle Eastern counties. We note what looks like a snapshot in 1952. It has ragged edges and the image only takes up part of the paper. It is marked Foto Expresso in Asmara. The name suggests an Italian operator. I think that meant that they developed the roll of film, but they may have also been a portrait studio. Eritrea is a elatively poor country which inhibits the development of consumer industries like photograophy. Thus we still have very limited information on Eritrean photography.







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