Thursday, June 13, 2013

Boston Athenaeum - Eadweard Muybridge Photograph Album of Central America



In February 1875, Eadweard Muybridge boarded a Pacific Mail Steamship Company vessel in San Francisco bound for Central America, where he would photograph the localities served by the company’s freight and passenger business. It was expected that Muybridge's photographs, when distributed and shown at international exhibitions, would encourage tourism and investment. He traveled for nine months to Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. His final stop was Guatemala, where he spent six months documenting its principal towns and coffee plantations.
Vista de San Jorge y el Lago de Atitlán

En Febrero de 1875, Eadweard Muybridge abordo una nave del Pacific Mail Steamship Company en San Francisco con destino a Centro América, donde tomaría fotografías de los lugares servidos por esta compañía de transporte y carga. Se esperaba fomentar las fotografías en exhibiciones internacionales para atraer inversiones y turismo. El viajo por nueve meses hasta Panamá, Costa Rica, Honduras y El Salvador. Su última parada fue Guatemala, donde quedo seis meses documentando los principales destinos del país, así como fincas de café, etc..

Santa Maria de Jesus

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