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Photographer

hundred and twenty-eight years ago, Francis Frith packed up
his camera equipment, rechecked his itinerary, and set off from
One
England for the Middle East His purpose was to record -with "graphic
truth"- the crumbling monuments and neglected archaeological sites of
Egypt and the lands of the Bible. As a photographer, his eye was trained to
interpret the living scene and bring home a visual message.
Any traveler to faraway places desires
a visual reminder of what was seen and
felt. But for the archaeological traveler, and especially the archaeologist, the visual reference is
essential: photography is the lifeblood of any archaeological
adventure or endeavor.
Frith recognized the necessity of recording, as
accurately as possible, what
would soon be lost. He
was motivated to photograph
many sites- from Sakkara
to Abu Simbel - under what
were difficult circumstances at
best. And he fell in love with
his ancient subjects as well as
with the people of the land, a reaction shared by modern travelers
who are often drawn to the same site
again and again.
The changes wrought by man and
Self-portrait of the
the environment were witnessed by Frith on
photographer in
his repeat journeys, and were recorded by his Turkish dress .
camera. When authors Barbara Watterson
and Katherine Pickavance followed to rephotograph many of the same
sites, they discovered even greater changes. Their article (beginning on
page 48) profiles Francis Frith and presents some of his best works.
Ultimately, Frith's contribution to archaeology will be the invaluable
photographic documents he left for future comparisons. As an artist
and lover of archaeology, however, he was also able to convey an
appreciation for a distant world a world where the contrasts between
the present and the past were not so sharply in focus.

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