La Chiffa. Entrée des curces.

La Chiffa. Entrée des curces.
North Africa, Algeria. Phot. Leroox, 1890s - 1 l. on passepartout. Passepartout size: 29.5 x 26.5 cm; photo size: 28.5 x 23 cm. Foxings, spots; passepartout cut carelessly.

The work of Alexandre Leroux (1836-1912) - photographer, researcher of Algeria, ethnographer, member of the Algerian Academy of Fine Arts (now the Higher School of Fine Arts), publisher of the illustrated magazine L'Algérie Illustrée.

Leroux traveled extensively in Algeria and its northern territories. He became widely known for his magnificent photographs dedicated to the life and everyday life of the natives, species and genre photographs.

But since 1900, as a" reporter", he covered the trips of governors, the pacification of Kabylie and other events, in particular the anti-Semitic riots that took place in Algeria between January 20 and 25, 1898 after the Dreyfus case, the appointment of the former prefect Lepin as governor and the Cremier decree. After publishing several photos dedicated to the riots in Le Monde illustré No. 2132 of February 5, 1898, Leroux became a real journalist-reporter, using his photographic skills as part of his profession.

[Chiffa is a town and a gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains in northern Algeria (Vilayet of Blida, Muzaya).]