Alberto Henschel_from his series Tipos negros or Black Types_Recife, Pernambuco_around 1869
Alberto Henschel (1827-1882) was a German-born Brazilian photographer from Berlin. An energetic, enterprising businessman, he established photography studios in the cities of Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. While known as both a landscape photographer and, for some time Photographo da Casa Imperial (Photographer of the Royal House) during the reign of Pedro II, his main legacy has been his visual record of the social classes of Brazil. His portraits were often produced in the ‘carte de visite’ format, and included the nobility, wealthy tradesmen, the middle class and, most interestingly, Brazil’s black people – whether slaves or freemen/women. These portraits were taken during the decades before the Lei Áurea, the slavery-abolition law of 1888.
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Alberto Henschel (Berlim, 1827 – Rio de Janeiro, 1882) foi um fotógrafo teuto-brasileiro, considerado o mais diligente empresário da fotografia no Brasil do século XIX. Sua principal contribuição à história
da fotografia no Brasil foi o registro fotográfico de todos os extratos sociais do Brasil oitocentista: retratos, geralmente no padrão carte-de-visite, foram tirados da nobreza, dos ricos comerciantes, da classe média e, mas certamente, dos negros – tantos livres como escravos (em um período ainda anterior à Lei Áurea.
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Alberto Henschel_ portrait from his Black Types series_Bahia, Brazil_around 1869
Alberto Henschel_Moça cafusa (Girl of mixed Negro and Indian blood)_Pernambuco_1869
Alberto Henschel_Retrato cafusa_1869
Alberto Henschel_retrato da negra de Pernambuco_1869
Alberto Henschel_uma negra de Pernambuco_1869
Alberto Henschel_Negra com criança na Bahia_c. 1869_Salvador, Bahia
Alberto Henschel_portrait of a middle-aged man with hat_from the series Tipos negros_around 1869
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