Abel Briquet

Abel Briquet
Born	Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet 30 December 1833 Paris, France
Died	1926 (aged 92－93) Mexico
Occupation	photographer

Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet (30 December, 1833, Paris - 1926, Mexico) was a French pioneer of photography, particularly in Mexico.

Briquet became a photographer in Paris in 1854. He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy.

He closed his studio in Paris in 1865, but it not certain when he started work in Mexico, however in 1876, he did receive a commission to record the construction of the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano - FNM) line being built between Veracruz and Mexico City. He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions. He also published a series of photography books: Vistas Mexicanas, Tipos Mexicanos and Antiquedades Mexicanos. Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts.

FNM Bridge over Rio Balsas, 1883

Shoeing the Mules (Mexican Village Scene)

Chapultepec Castle between 1880-1900

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral between 1880-1900

Municipal Palace of Veracruz between 1880-1900

Santo Domingo Square, Mexico City between 1800-1900

National Palace, Mexico City between 1880-1900

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