Palestine in the eyes of photographers
Felix Bonfils;
Félix Bonfils is a French photographer and writer who roamed the Middle East during the 1860s, actively travelling to Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. He was born in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort in 1831 and died in Alès in 1885. Félix worked as a bookbinder and in 1860 he joined General d'Hautpoul's expedition to the Levant. He and along with his family moved to Beirut in 1867 where they opened a photographic studio called "Maison Bonfils". (Wiki)
Jaffa Market by Bonfils
Francis Frith;
Francis Frith (7 October 1822 – 25 February 1898) was an English photographer of the Middle East. Frith was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. In 1850, he started a photographic studio in Liverpool, known as Frith & Hayward. Frith fostered an interest in photography, becoming a founding member of the Liverpool Photographic Society in 1853. Frith sold his companies in 1855 in order to dedicate himself entirely to photography. He journeyed to the Middle East, Palestine was one of which in 1860. (Wiki)
Nazareth by Frith