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Rare prints from the 19th century by 鈥榦rientalist鈥� photographer Pascal S茅bah (1823-1886, Armenian-Syrian), founder of a legendary photography studio in the Pera neighbood of Constantinople, will be exhibited in dialogue with the contemporary images of German photographer Patrick Bienert (1980, German), from his Armenia series produced for Louis Vuitton as part of its Fashion Eye collection of photo books.

S茅bah's career coincided with the growing interest of Europeans in the "Orient", exotic and fascinating. Constantinopole photographers, such as the Abdullah Brothers and then S茅bah, sold images of the ancient ruins of the surrounding area, portraits and local people in traditional costumes, to the city's tourists. S茅bah became known for his well-organized compositions, careful lighting, great attention to detail and the excellent quality of printing by his technician, A. Laroche. S茅bah worked in collaboration with the painter Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910). He photographed models dressed in rich costumes and the painter then used the photographs as the basis for his famous orientalist oil paintings. S茅bah presented the album Popular Costumes of Turkey at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873, which earned him a gold medal awarded by the organizers. That same year, S茅bah opened a branch in Egypt.