Reproduction portrait of a man with moustache and beard wearing a decorated military uniform.

Elisei Isidorovich Kondratenko

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(c. 1840 – 27 December 1906) Elisei Isidorovich Kondratenko was a Ukrainian origin military topographer and early photographer who worked in the Caucasus during the second half of the nineteenth century. His photographic and scientific work contributed significantly to the visual documentation of landscapes, peoples, and settlements of the region. Kondratenko belongs to the early…

Photographers of Golovin Prospect

Photographers of Golovin Prospect

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Golovin Prospect — today known as Rustaveli Avenue — was the cultural and commercial heart of nineteenth-century Tiflis. Along this prominent boulevard were located theaters, hotels, shops, editorial offices, and many of the city’s most fashionable establishments. It was here that numerous photographic studios appeared during the early decades of photography. The concentration of daguerreotypists,…