Malta, Augusto César (1864-1957)

Augusto César Malta was a Brazilian photographer who ran a photography studio in Rio de Janeiro. His vast photographic oeuvre of over 80,000 photographs mainly depicts carnivals, city scenes, buildings and people in Rio de Janeiro.

Material:

• 31 black-and-white photographs (buildings, parks, streets and ports in Rio de Janeiro, several landscape scenes from Rio de Janeiro state)

Provenance: taken from Guilherme Gaelzer-Netto’s papers (external link, opens in a new window).

Keywords: Brazil, history of photography