Autopsy of the First Crocodile Onboard, Upper Egypt, Ernest Benecke, 1852

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Autopsy of the First Crocodile Onboard, Upper Egypt, 1852, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: x cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.), Photographs, Ernest Benecke (German, born England, 1817–1894), This is perhaps the world’s first traveler snapshot, made on the deck of a traditional Nile vessel almost forty years before hand-held cameras, shutters, and fast film made the genre a possibility. In 1852, whether for business or simply on a young man’s grand tour, Benecke traveled throughout Egypt and the Mediterranean with a camera and a surprisingly humane spirit

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Size: 4668px × 3827px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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