Christian Franzen out of his gallery: photographs in the illustrated magazines (1895-1900)
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Christian Franzen, photography, history, illustrated magazines, journalism, nineteenth centuryAbstract
Christian Franzen arrived in Madrid in the last decade of the 19th century and soon became one of the capital's most important photographers. When he opened his gallery in 1897, he gradually attracted a select clientele of social, economic, cultural and artistic elites, including the royal family. But his first steps were directed towards collaborations in illustrated magazines, at a time when the technology of photoengraving was already giving photography a valuable documentary and informative potential in the nascent modern model of the press. This research focuses precisely on his facet as a reporter on the basis of the work he did for La Ilustración Española y Americana and Blanco y Negro between 1895 and 1900. The detailed analysis of these weeklies, together with Nuevo Mundo, allows us to question the hitherto too limited notion of the scope and typology of his collaborations. It uncovers the construction of a versatile reporter who, within the technological possibilities, understood the specific language of the news snapshot.
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