Botafogo beach, the Church of Our Lady of Candelária and the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden are immortalized through the lens of photographer Marc Ferrez
Set of three photographs by Marc Ferrez: Sugarloaf Mountain seen from Corcovado, the city center seen from the current Ilha Fiscal and the Botanical Garden.
~ 23 cm x 16 cm.
Good general condition conservation.
Even those who've never been to Rio de Janeiro know and dream of that view of Sugarloaf Mountain, which can only be seen from the top of Corcovado Mountain. This Rio landmark, besides being an iconic landscape, is a symbol of the entire country. For this very reason, there's no shortage of photos, videos, and portraits of one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. But have you ever imagined what this famous place was like in the 1880s? Well, back then, when cameras were rare (and expensive), it took great preparation and prestige to photograph the Marvelous City. However, a French-Brazilian, Marc Ferrez (1843–1923), achieved this honor and became one of the most important photographers in Brazilian history.
Marc was born in Rio in 1843, but was orphaned as a child and moved to France, where his family lived, only returning to Brazil as a teenager. Even so, it was in the land of the thrushes that he built his career as a photographer. Initially, the young man apprenticed in a stationery and printing shop, where he learned photographic techniques. But at 21, he opened his own studio and, from then on, became one of the court's leading photographers, participating in numerous expeditions.
Marc Ferrez was never a portraitist and specialized in a single genre, landscapes, when his competitors (Klumb, Stah, Leuzingerl) preferred the more lucrative portraits. Besides the famous view of Sugarloaf Mountain, he captured other memorable Rio de Janeiro landmarks here, such as the Botanical Gardens and the Church of Our Lady of Candelária in the city center, with Corcovado Mountain in the background, at a time when the Christ the Redeemer statue didn't even exist yet. Photographs of old Rio de Janeiro, especially by Marc Ferrez, are increasingly sought after.
