Antoin Sevruguin

Antoin Sevruguin (Russian Антон Васильевич Севрюгин, Anton Vasilyevich Sewrjugin; * late 1830s in Tehran, Iran, † 1933 ibid ) was the late 19th and early 20th century, a famous photographer in Iran.

Antoin was court photographer of the Qajar and also holds one of the most successful studios in Tehran. His documentation of the Company under the Qajar and early Pahlavi dynasty are an important source for the study of history, cultural history and the hierarchical elements of Iranian society of that time.

Life

Antoin Sevruguin was born as the son of originating from Armenia Russian Ambassador Vassil de Sevruguin and his Georgian wife Achin Khanoum in Tehran. After a riding accident and the untimely death of his father, the family moved to Georgia, where Antoin became interested after you finish school and the beginning of Malstudiums for photography.

Under the influence of Russian photographer Dmitry Ivanovich Yermakov (1845-1916), who had already traveled to Iran, the Crimea, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Antoin decided his hand to travel through Iran and to make a comprehensive inventory of the country. With his brother Kolia he visited in 1870 first Azerbaijan and from there Kurdistan and Luristan.

In 1883 he founded with his brother, a photo studio in today's Firdawsi Avenue in Tehran. It was located in the immediate vicinity of the constitutionally -minded governor of Rasht, Zahir al - Dawla.

Antoin married the Iranian Armenian Gourgenian Louise, with whom he had seven children. With growing success, he attracted the interest of top layer on and was finally appointed to the court of Naser ad -Din Shah.

Internationally, we became aware of him. The German historian Friedrich Sarre (1865-1945) commissioned him to an expedition through the South and Southwest Iran, Achaemenid and Sassanid to photograph rock tombs and monuments. Together with Ernst Herzfeld, he released this 1910.

During the Constitutional Revolution Antoins studio was destroyed. Of the original 7000 images were obtained only in 2000, of which a part by Reza Shah Pahlavi were confiscated as part of its modernization efforts. Antoins daughter Mary who later succeeded to regain some of the photos. 696 glass negatives could stay overall obtain, which can be seen in the Smithsonian.

1933 Antoin died from kidney infection and was buried in his family grave in Tehran.

Themes and style

Along with a comprehensive historical and literary interest was devoted Antoin Sevruguins mainly of Persian miniature painting, French Impressionism Rembrandt van Rijn's painting and whose handling of light particularly fascinated him.

His photos featured a style that is referred to in French as type and portrays the substantially different ethnicities and their employment. This informed the interested parties at home and abroad about regional costumes, regional crafts, religions and professions. In the form of postcards, these were sold as type persanes. Even museums interested in Antoins work, which provided a comprehensive picture of Iranian society and architecture of the period. Frequently Antoin Sevruguin signed his paintings with a logo on the image side.

Awards

Gallery

Man with falcon

Kurdish girl

Darwish

Street Scene

In the country

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