Jorge Henrique Papf Explained

Jorge Henrique Papf (1863 in Berlin – 1920 in Petrópolis) was a German-Brazilian photographer and painter who lived during the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Considered to be an excellent photographer of landscapes,[1] he took the landscapes that illustrated the Guia de Petrópolis (Petrópolis Guide) of 1885,[1] and also photographed a panorama with a circular perspective of 360° of the city of Petrópolis, in 1898.[1] He inherited the job of his father, Karl Ernst Papf, who came to Brazil in 1867 together with the photographer Alberto Henschel.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografia de Jorge Henrique Papf. 31 March 2008. 20 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220055709/http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=artistas_biografia&cd_verbete=2264&cd_idioma=28555&cd_item=1. dead.