Alexander Engel
The Alexander Engel Collection documents the work of photographer Alexander Engel, who played an important role in the photographic culture of the Caucasus at the end of the nineteenth century.
In December 1890 Engel opened a photographic studio in Tiflis (Tbilisi). Prior to establishing his studio, he had worked extensively in Central Asia and the North Caucasus and was already known as a master of landscape photography.
In 1879 Engel received the Silver Medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, and in 1881 he was awarded a diploma at the International Geographical Congress in Venice. In the same year, 1879, he was elected a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
Engel was also the author of the photographic album “Caspian Railways.” In 1895 he opened a photolithographic workshop, and from 1896 he worked as a photographer for the Transcaucasian Railway.
Alexander Engel disappeared in Central Asia during the Civil War in 1918.
His photographs provide valuable visual documentation of the landscapes, infrastructure, and urban environments of the Caucasus and surrounding regions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Curated by: Giorgi Gersamia
