Aimée, Danse du Ventre (Egyptian Dancer Performing Belly Dance)
J. Pascal Sébah, Aimée, Danse du Ventre (Egyptian Dancer Performing Belly Dance), ca. 1880, albumen silver print, Gift of Mr. Donald Schubert, © unknown, research required, 89.28.6
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- Title
Aimée, Danse du Ventre (Egyptian Dancer Performing Belly Dance)
- Related Titles
original language: Aimée, Danse du Ventre
translated: Egyptian Dancer Performing Belly Dance
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1880
- Medium
albumen silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 11/16 in x 8 1/2 in
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
Turkish
- Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Donald Schubert
- Accession Number
89.28.6
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
During the later nineteenth century, as photographic technology improved, photographers began traveling throughout the world to record aspects of different cultures. Travel photography was popular in Europe but extended as well to more remote locations in North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Here photographers documented sights considered “exotic,” including ancient ruins, picturesque landscapes, and the people who inhabited these regions. The photographs were sold to tourists on-site as well as to Western “armchair” travelers who craved images of unfamiliar people and faraway places. While such photographs sometimes encouraged the formation of false ideas about these foreign countries and their citizens, they also served as exciting proof of the rich diversity of the world’s many cultures.
- Exhibitions
2010 Likeness: Portraiture from the Photography Collection Portland Art Museum
