Figure 1.-- This portrait was entitled "ZANGAKI ... No 559 DEUX GUERIERS d' AFRIQUE 518". It was probably taken in the 1870s to be sold in Euope. There was great interest in Europe about African as European governments conducted the Scramble for Africa.

I know very little about these two Greek photographers. Very little biographical detail is available for George and Constantine Zangaki, beyond the fact that they were Greek brothers who were originally associated with the French photographer Hippolyte Arnoux. Even their dates are unknown. They were active from the 1860s to the 1880s, principally in Egypt and Palestine, and they appear to have been based in Cairo, possibly with a branch in Port Said. They seem to have taken photograpgs of the region for sale to Europeans interested in the Holy Land and Africa. Some of the images are staged studio portraits. There was great interest in Europe about African as European governments conducted the Scramble for Africa. This portrait was entitled "ZANGAKI ... No 559 DEUX GUERIERS d' AFRIQUE 518" (figure 1). It was probably taken in the 1870s to be sold in Euope.

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