Turkish woman
Vues d'Égypte et Types Orientaux
Paris, France
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1890-1895
Zangaki brothers
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The Zangaki brothers were a pair of photographers working in Egypt who sold "Orientalist" photos to Western tourists. This photograph for example, responds to Western stereotypes by depicting a Turkish woman lying nonchalantly by shisha pipe.
"Turkish woman " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;172;en
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: FR 172
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