Hagop Iskender
Hagop Iskender (* 1871 in Istanbul ; † 1949 there ) was an Armenian-Turkish photographer .
Life
Iskender became co-owner of the famous Istanbul photo studio Sébah & Joaillier in 1910 , together with Jean Pascal Sébah, the heir of the traditional house, who was the official photographer of the Ottoman court, and was founded by Jean's father Pascal Sébah . In 1918, Iskender was involved in the first systematic scientific recording of Islamic and Byzantine monuments in Istanbul , together with well-known Turkish historians and architects and the German-Turkish philologist, journalist and writer Friedrich Schrader .
Iskender's son Bedros (1909-2003) took over the house in 1934 together with a Turkish partner, Ismail Insel . In 1952 the company moved to Paris , where Bedros Iskender was also a well-known photographer.
literature
- Friedrich Schrader: The art monuments of Constantinople. In: Der Neue Orient , Vol. 5 (1919), pp. 302–304 and 352–354 (report on the Istanbul monument protection project in 1918 with Hagop Iskender)
- Roswitha Buchner: The image of Istanbul in the 19th century. In: Orient-Institut Istanbul (ed.): Pera-Blätter , No. 13 (1997), ISSN 2192-6816
- Engin Özendes: From Sebah & Joiallier to Foto Sabah. Orientalism in Photography. Istanbul 1999. ISBN 975-08-0057-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iskender, Hagop |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1949 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |