With the Amazon this year ravaged by an unprecedented number of forest fires, these 19th-century photographs offer a remarkable glimpse into a pristine, bygone era
Although Frisch would later sell the images commercially, he was initially commissioned to carry out a photographic survey of the region. As such, his images span flora and fauna, including fish, aquatic mammals and 35 species of plant, according to the auction house. The collection also features rare early images of indigenous Amazonian tribes, including the Miranha and Ticuna people.
While in the field, Frisch created images using an early photographic technique known as the collodion process. Transporting cumbersome equipment into the rainforest, he created negatives on wet glass plates, before developing them in a portable darkroom. The invariably long exposure times made capturing portraits difficult, so he often photographed sitters and backgrounds separately, before combining them into composite images.
"It's anthropological, on one hand, but also -- if you look at them individually or as a whole -- they're just beautiful, incredible photographs," she explained in a phone interview, adding:"The attention to composition, angles and sightlines are really quite extraordinary. There's a lot of attention to perspective, in the natural environment but also in the photographs of huts and structures.
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