19th Century

pascal sébah & polycarpe joaillier

Born 1823 Died 1904

Early Life and Career Pascal Sébah (1823 – June 25, 1886) was a Turkish photographer born in Istanbul to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother. He began his career as a photographer in collaboration with the French photographer Henri Bechard. After receiving medals at the International Exhibition in Paris, he decided to open his own studio in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1857, named "El Chark," meaning “The Orient.” His studio became popular among tourists seeking photographs as souvenirs. Sébah worked with Osman Hamdi Bey, a Turkish painter and archaeologist, taking phot…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of pascal sébah & polycarpe joaillier's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

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pascal sébah & polycarpe joaillier

1823 - 1904

The Subject Atlas

Spokes — Subject

Rings — Career Period

Threads — Shared Context

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