Pascal Sébah
(Turkish, 1823 - 1886)
Person TypeArtist/Maker
(American, born Japan ca. 1894 - 1938)
(Italian, active 1860 - 1865)
BiographyPascal Sébah (1823-1886) was an Ottoman pioneer photographer who worked in Istanbul. He was born in Istanbul to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother. In 1857 he opened his first photography studio in Istanbul and by 1873 was successful enough to open another studio in Cairo. After he died in 1886, the studio was managed by his brother Cosmi until Pascal's son, Jean, joined him in 1888.