![Samurai Warrior: Samurai Warrior. Good contrast and tonality. Photographer unknown.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/125897/64052428_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1533509632)
Antiqphoto
![Antiqphoto](https://images.liveauctioneers.com/houses/logos/lg/antiqphoto_large.jpg?width=140&quality=80)
For the last 35 years we have been buying and selling original, large format, 19th century photographs. Our emphasis has been on ethnographic images from Japan, China, the Indian sub-continent and the Pacific Rim, and topographical emphasis on the same countries, with the addition to North & South America.
For us, the most important thing is the image, not who took the photograph. If we know who the photographer was, then that is a bonus. Our general rule is to only buy photographs that we personally like and can live with for a lifetime. We have traveled extensively in the quest to find great images and welcome inquiries by email to antiqphoto@gmail.com.
Our clients include major museums, universities and collectors from around the world.
Ethnographic Photography
eth·nog·ra·phy – a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures.
During the 19th century photographers traveled the world to capture images of exotic lands and diverse people. The new medium of photography gave these adventurers the opportunity to bring back to their own lands, images that were indescribable unless you had something to show for it. Photography provided that opportunity. This replaced written descriptions and sketches with the truthful and unbiased eye of the camera.
In this area of photography it is possible to see how individual cultures looked and lived. By studying these images we have a better knowledge of the journey taken over thousands of years, and how for some, nothing had really changed over the millennia.
It was a great challenge to obtain many of these photographs. The photographers had to approach an often hostile group of people who had no understanding of the camera, or the ethnicity of the man behind it. Convincing the sitter that there was no danger or to keep perfectly still was often problematic. Payment of some kind may have helped, but this strange person hiding behind a cloth, crouched over a large box, talking in a strange tongue, did little to help allay the fears of the subject. Indeed there are stories of photographers who traveled to a remote location, never to be heard of again. There are other stories of photographers who literally purchased the subject for a few coins and after producing the image abandoned them.
If it were not for these pioneering photographers we would have no idea how the people of the world looked a hundred or more years ago. Today we have nations of many ethnic backgrounds, but in simpler times of the 19th century, all of these peoples had their own ethnic identities.
In our specialty of Ethnographic Photography our emphasis is on the disappearing people of the world, due to colonization and homogenization of nationalities. These images are as fascinating today as they were a hundred or more years ago, seeing the diverse cultures in their dress, tools, weapons, food and environment.
Upcoming Auctions from Antiqphoto
20th-Century Summer Nudes
For our August auction we are featuring the work of Hungarian nude photographers: Andre de Dienes, Martin Munkacsi, Prof. Jozsef Pecsi, and eleven lesser-known photographers of the twentieth century. Additonally we are featuring a fine group of nude studies produced in Germany in 1965 by Richard Danehl's Verlag with lithographs by Kunstanstalt H. Gass. All images in this auction are various types of photo-mechanical processes from photographs. WARNING: IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THE NUDE BODY DO NOT VIEW THIS AUCTION! All lots start at $25. Photogravure is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph. Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. Offset lithography is a printing process that involves transferring an image to an intermediate surface before printing it onto the final sheet. Duotone process, is a grayscale image printed with two inks, to create a rich reproduction of an image.Bidder Reviews for Antiqphoto (87)
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SteveHattiesburg, MS
May 28, 2024
JoeLos Angeles, CA
Apr 27, 2024
Fast and easy services. THANKS
This company is super fast with smooth services. Rare. Exceptional.
![URUGUAY. Plaza de Fruitas del Pai. Montevideo. c1880](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/322897/173625126_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
JoeLos Angeles, CA
Dec 09, 2023
This company is fast and polite.... with extra fine items
Highly recommended.... after 5 years and many purchases. Excellent compnay.
![PROPOGANDA PHOTO MONTAGE. c1914](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/308029/164576707_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
StevenToronto, CA
Jan 31, 2022
![ENGLAND. Old Houses in Aldersgate Street, London c1879](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/231792/120082993_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
BrianTurlock, CA
Oct 23, 2021
Conscientious Seller w/Lovely Images
The photograph was accurately described and shipped promptly. An excellent seller and image!
DaveChicago, IL
Aug 27, 2021
![VOGT, CHRISTIAN. Bianca. Limited Edition 2/21. c1980](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/212006/108269077_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
garrieTualatin, OR
Jun 28, 2021
great
only one small oddity, the items were sent by standard post as instructed by the insurer. It arrived. So no issue. just a little nervous in the interim.
![CHINA. Chinese Mode of Transport. C1865](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/198187/100184905_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
Past Auctions from Antiqphoto
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See All![Samurai Warrior: Samurai Warrior. Good contrast and tonality. Photographer unknown.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/125897/64052428_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1533509632)
![Industrial Photograph Album - Installation of telegraph: Interesting group of 12 photographs of the installation of new telegraph poles and wires in Manchester, NH. Street names in captions in the negatives. Album size 7.1 x 10.25 inches, 18 x 26 cm (front](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/91673/46831618_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1469394534)
![King, Siam. 1911: King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, Siam. C1911. Coronation of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI King of Siam in 1911. Taken onhis throne in the Royal Palace in Bangkok.` produced by the Ewing Galloway Agency c1925. 9.5](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/99210/50577234_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1484928741)
![Korean Court Lady, c1880: Rare photograph of a Korean Court Lady. C1880. Very good contrast and tonality. Unknown photographer. 5.25 x 4 in. 13.34 x 10.16 cm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/146503/74040009_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1563828694)
![4 Views of the Trooping of the Colour, Bermuda. c1899: 4 Views of the Trooping of the Colour, Bermuda. C1899. Good contrast and tonality. 4.5 x 6.375 each](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/148297/74938640_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1566244699)
![Rear view of Male Nude by Otto Schmidt, Vienna. C1907: From Der Wiener Akt by Publishing Art House Otto Schmidt, Vienna. Circa 1907. 9.25 x 7 inches. Halftones, the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of dots.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/123089/62623740_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1527995925)
![Platinum print of the American & Horshoe Falls,: Platinum print of the American & Horshoe Falls, Niagara, U.S.A. c1890. Excellent contrast and tonality. 7.25 x 9.25 in. 18.4 x 23.5 cm. Unless otherwise stated in description, buyer pays shipping cost](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/138720/70352840_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1553208967)
![Czech nude by Frantisek Drtikol, Prague: Czech nude by Frantisek Drtikol, Prague. Photogravure from Natur und Kultur Das Weiss. 1925. 4.125 x 8.375 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/136524/69284442_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1550190673)
![Ashanti Chief and His Wife, Gold Coast. c1925: Ashanti Chief and His Wife, Gold Coast. C1925. By Ewing Galloway Agency. Very good contrast and tonality. 9.5 x 7.5 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/137301/69669590_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1551317368)
![Male Nude by Grace Lamb. C1937: Male Nude by Grace Lamb. C1937. Sheet fed gravure from Hghlights and Shadows. 5.75 x 7.5 in. Reverse: Nude by Luba Lovitsch. 8.5 x 6.5 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/136524/69284456_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1550190673)
![Turkish China Seller, c1870: Turkish China Seller, c1870. Carte de visite by P. Sebah & Cie, Constantinople. Fair - Good contrast and tonality. 3.5 x 2.125 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/117037/60169674_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1519593598)
![Triangles by H. Richardson Cremer: Triangles by H. Richardson Cremer. From XXVI Salon International d'Art Photographie de Paris. 1931. 6.75 x 7.5 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/137764/69879082_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1551995016)
![Kunta Girl, Timbuktu by Leo Frobenius, Munich: Kunta Girl, Timbuktu by Leo Frobenius, Munich. From Natur und Kultur Das Weiss. 1925. 4.625 x 3.5 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/124292/63207375_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1530217408)
![Woodland Romance by Arundel Holmes Nicholls. C1923: Woodland Romance. Photographs by Arundel Holmes Nicholls. Arundel Publications, New York, 1923. First edition. 32 pages. Small quarto. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Softcover. Stiff green paper wrappers. 30](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/123089/62623755_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1527995925)
![Chinese Beheading Pirates: Chinese Beheading Pirates. 3.25 x 5.375 (copy print)](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/134042/68046138_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1546457176)
![Photograph Album of France and England: Photograph Album of France and England. 96 photographs 3 x 4 inches. Album 9.5 x 11 inches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5288/91673/46831648_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1469500152)
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