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HomeContents > People > Photographers > John Beasly Greene

Names:
Other: J.-B. Greene 
Other: J.B. Greene 
Other: John B. Greene 
Other: John Beasley Greene 
Dates:  1832 - 1856, 29 November
Born:  France, Paris (Uncertain possibly Le Havre)
Died:  Egypt, Cairo
Active:  Middle East / Egypt
 
  
Early photographer of Egypt and the Middle East.

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 

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.] 
  
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on John Beasly Greene.] 
  
• Perez, Nissan N. 1988 Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1839-1885 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) p.173- [Short biography on John Beasly Greene possibly with example plates.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Newhall, Beaumont 1982 The History of Photography - Fifth Edition (London: Secker & Warburg) [One or more photographs by John Beasly Greene are included in this classic history.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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