Colosses du Ramesséum, 1850, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: x cm (6 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.), Photographs

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Colosses du Ramesséum, 1850, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: x cm (6 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.), Photographs, Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894), In 1849-50, Du Camp traveled to Egypt with the as-yet-unknown writer Gustave Flaubert, intent on producing clear and legible photographs of the ancient monuments. For them, as for all travelers before and since, the first sight of the temples and pyramids, the Sphinx, and the seemingly endless desert, was overwhelming

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Size: 5099px × 4006px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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