death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
argentina 1869 france french 1830 esteban gonnet
 esteban gonnet photographer
esteban gonnet

esteban gonnet -lrb- 1830 -- 1869 -rrb- was a photographer born in france , who emigrated to buenos aires , argentina , in 1860 .
his original profession was surveyor but he started to work in photography upon his arrival in buenos aires .
many of his photographs do not have his signature but are attributed to him as they are stamped with his studio 's seal '' `` 25 de mayo 25 '' '' .
gonnet was editor of the first photo album using the new negative system in argentina .
in 1864 his images served to make lithographs and be published in local newspapers .
they showed rural life and customs showing natives and locals .
even though he did urban photography , he is mostly known for his documentary photography on rural life .
in most of his photography he tried to convey the typical image of the creole , stereotyping argentine customs , and using objects as symbols that would create iconic images of the era , which were then sold abroad where photography of travels to far away places where gaining in popularity .
he produced and edited the `` recuerdos de buenos aires '' photography book -lrb- '' `` remembrances of buenos aires '' '' -rrb- in 1864 .
