Felice Beato

Felice Beato
Naixement	1833 Corfú
Defunció	1907
Ocupació	fotògraf

Felice Beato (1833 o 1834 – mort posiblement el 1907), va ser un fotògraf britànic d'origen italià. Fou un dels primers fotógrafs en realitzar imatges a l'Extrem Orient i un dels primers fotògrafs de guerra.

És famós per els seus retrats, fotografies d'arquitectura i paisatges d'Àsia i del Mediterrani.

Interior del Secundra Bagh després de la masacre de 2.000 rebels efectuada pel 93è de Highlanders i el 4t Regiment del Punjab.

Angle interior del Fort Nord immediatament després de la seva captura, 21 d'agost de 1860

Estudi de la Prosperidad Literaria, Jardí de les Ones Clares, abans de la seva destrucció.

Samurais del clan Satsuma, durant el període de la guerra Boshin (1868-1869).

Fotografía d'una execucíó a Japó.

Pagoda de Plata de la Reina, Mandalay, c. 1889.

 

Fotografies notables

Les fotografíes estan anomenades amb el títol que en Beato o altres de la seva època els donaren, seguida d'una descripció i la data.

Balaklava Harbour, Crimea

Vista del port de Balaklava, Crimea, 1855

Interior of the Secundra Bagh after the slaughter of 2,000 rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and 4th Punjab Regt.

Vista de les runes del Palu de Sikandarbagh mostrant les restes esquelètiques de rebels en primer pla, Lucknow, India, 1858

Chutter Manzil Palace, with the King's Boat in the Shape of a Fish

Vista d'un dels Chattar Manzil mostrant el vaixell del rei, el seu nom en anglès és The Royal Boat of Oude, sobre el riu Gomti. Lucknow, India, 1858 - 1860

Interior of Angle of North Fort Immediately after Its Capture, 21st August, 1860

Vista parcial de les runes del Fort Nord de Taku, mostrant soldats morts, Taku (avui Dagu), devora Tientsin (avui Tianjin), Xina, 1860

North and East Corner of the Wall of Pekin

Panorama del cantó norest de la talaia, parets i Dongzhimen de la Ciutat Interior de Pekin, Pekin, Xina, 1860

Imperial Summer Palace before the Burning, Yuen-Ming-Yuen (sic), Pekin, October 18th, 1860

Vista del Wen Chang Di Jun (Estudi de la Prosperitat Literaria o Wen Chang Ge), Qing Yi Yuan (Jardí de las Ones Clares, (Palau d'Estiu o Yihe Yuan), Pekin, Xiba, 1860

Portrait of Prince Kung, Brother of the Emperor of China; who Signed the Treaty, 1860

Retrat del príncep Yixin (també conegut com príncep Gong), fill de Daoguang, emperador de la Xina, assegut a una cadira, Pekin, Xina 1860

Panorama of Yedo (sic) from Atagoyama

Panorama d'Edo (Tòquio) mostrant la residència dels Daimyō, Japó, 1865 o 1866

Daibootes

Vista del Daibutsu (Gran Buda), Templo Kotokuin, Kamakura, Japó, dècada de 1860

Scene Along the Tokaido

Vista de cases i persones a Tokaido, Japó, 1867 - 1868

The Ford at Sakawa-Nagawa

Personas en un riu, Japón, 1863 - 1885

The Shimabara-han Fief Second Residence

Vista parcial de la residència de la família Shimazu a Takanawa, Edo (avui Tokio), Japó, 1867

Woman Using Cosmetic

Imatge d'una dona fent servir cosmètics, Japó, 1863 – 1885

Referències

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