Abel Briquet

Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet (30 December 1833, Paris – 1926, Mexico) was a French pioneer of photography, particularly in Mexico.

Alfred Briquet
Born
Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet

30 December 1833
Paris, France
Died1926 (aged 92－93)
Mexico
Occupationphotographer

Biography
FNM Bridge over Rio Balsas, 1883

Briquet became a photographer in Paris in 1854. He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy.[1]

He closed his studio in Paris in 1865, but it not certain when he started work in Mexico, however in 1876, he did receive a commission to record the construction of the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano - FNM) line being built between Veracruz and Mexico City.[1] He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions. He also published a series of photography books: Vistas Mexicanas, Tipos Mexicanos and Antiquedades Mexicanos.[1] Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts.[1]

His photos appeared in several books, and albums among them we can mention "Mexico artístico y pintoresco" edited by Julio Michaud and "Mexico, Its Social Evolution" coordinated by the historian Justo Sierra.

  • Shoeing the Mules (Mexican Village Scene)
  • Chapultepec Castle between 1880 and 1900
  • Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral between 1880 and 1900
  • Municipal Palace of Veracruz between 1880 and 1900
  • Santo Domingo Square, Mexico City between 1800 and 1900
  • National Palace, Mexico City between 1880 and 1900

References
  1. "Abel Briquet (1833-1926) and an early photograph of Lake Chapala? We stand corrected!". Sombrero Books. Sombrero Books. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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