The Early photographs of Edmond Fortier
Documenting postcards from Senegal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9342624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Hickling (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Pages | 37-53 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Research & Documentation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2755-1369 • E-ISSN: 0305-862X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305862x00018975 |
| OpenAlex | W25614113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Francois Edmond Fortier (1862-1928) was undoubtedly the most prolific photographer working in French West Africa in the first decade of the 20 th century. He produced well over 3300 photographs, almost all in postcard form. He was born in France and appears in Senegal around the year 1900. Unlike most of his predecessors who plied the photographic trade in the well established and well to do city of St. Louis, Fortier made his home in the new and expanding capital city of Dakar. He is best described as a “petit colon”, who succeeded in making a living as a professional postcard photographer/editor selling his work from a small Dakar shop and distributing postcards to the towns along the railway line. In later years local advertisements indicate that Fortier's shop catered to the military, bureaucratic, colonial population of the city, offering tobacco, stationary, Senegalese knick-knacks and postcards
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bureaucracy · Capital (architecture · Colonialism · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Demography · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |