Names:

Other: Abdul-Sükrü
Other: Abdullahian
Other: Horsep Abdullah
Other: Kervork Abdullah
Other: Vichen Abdullah
Other: Vincent Abdullah
Other: Vincent Abullah Frères

Three brothers of Armenian origin - Viçen (1820-1902), Hovsep (1830-1908) and Kevork (1839-1918).

Further research

General reading

Özendes, Engin, 1999, Photography in Turkey, (Tarih Vakfi) [Δ]

Özendes, Engin, 1999, The Second Ottoman Capital Edirne, (Istanbul: Yem Yayinlari) [Δ]





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Portraits

If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful.

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Family history

If you are related to this photographer and interested in tracking down your extended family we can place a note here for you to help. It is free and you would be amazed who gets in touch.

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Visual indexes

Abdullah frères: Araba photograph published later Ernesto Caldi

Abdullah frères: Turkish women

All photographs by this photographer

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on photographers.]

• Jacobson, Ken 2007 Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839-1925 (London: Quaritch) p.197-199 [Includes a well researched biography on Abdullah frères with example plate(s).]

• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on Abdullah frères.]

• Perez, Nissan N. 1988 Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1839-1885 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) p.124 [Short biography on Abdullah frères possibly with example plates.]

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