Database of Armenian photo-media practitioners

Brothers Ishkhanyan

1930 - 1940s

The studio of Ishkhanian brotherscalled ‘Photo Comet’ was at 42 Abdin str. address in Cairo.(1) It was located in the center of the city, near the Opera Square and operated duringthe 1930s and '40s. The photographersmade conventionalfamily portraits usually printed in the form of photo-postcards. It appears from their photographs that the majority of Ishkhanians' clients werefrom the lower-middle classes. No other biographical information has been discovered.

1) 'Armenians in Egypt - Cairo', https://bluebirdmaps.com/2017/11/11/armenians-in-egypt-cairo/

Nationality

Egyptian, Armenian

Region

Egypt

City

Cairo

Studio

Photo Comet

Activity

studio

Media

analogue photography

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