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.
~ 23cm x 16cm.
Good general condition of conservation.
Even those who have never been to Rio de Janeiro know and dream of the view of Sugarloaf Mountain that can only be seen from the top of Corcovado Mountain. This Rio postcard, in addition to being an iconic landscape, is a symbol of the entire country. For this very reason, there is 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, at that time, when cameras were rare (and expensive), it was necessary to be very well prepared and have a lot of prestige to photograph the Marvelous City. However, a French-Brazilian, Marc Ferrez (1843 - 1923), had this honor, and became one of the most important photographers in the history of Brazil.
Marc was born in Rio in 1843, but he became an orphan 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 was an apprentice in a stationery and printing shop, where he learned about photographic techniques, but at the age of 21 he opened his own studio and from then on became one of the main photographers of the court, taking part 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. In addition to the famous view of Sugarloaf Mountain, he captured other memorable spots in Rio de Janeiro, such as the Botanical Garden and the Church of Our Lady of Candelária, in the city center, with Corcovado Mountain in the background at a time when the Statue of Christ the Redeemer did not even exist yet. Photographs of old Rio de Janeiro, especially by Marc Ferrez, are increasingly sought after.
