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‘Australian fighters pose with a captured Turkish sniper disguised as a cannabis bush’. The Turkish sniper was photographed immediately after capture while he was being brought in under guard. He was camouflaged by a Jack-in-the-Green arrangement of cannabis foliage attached Read More …
‘A Dervish Drinks’ from The Habits of the Grand Signor’s Court, Turkey 1620
‘Turkish Women’ relax while smoking a waterpipe in studio by Pascal Sebah & Polycarpe Joaillier. Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey 1870’s
‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron 1844
‘English women in Constantinople’ cabinet card photographed by Pascal Sébah. Istanbul, Turkey 1873
‘Turk Smoking a Chibouk Pipe’, Turkey 1875
‘Café in Constantinople’ by Alexandre Bida 1847 “This precise and carefully finished work reflects an unusual technique. Building up the entire area with ink and graphite over white chalk, Bida used a stylus to scratch a comprehensive network of Read More …
‘Coffee seller’ photographed by Abdullah Frères in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey 1870
A Turkish threesome enjoying a smoke, cdv (carte de visite) Studio portrait. Constantinople,Turkey 1860-80
‘Turkish family with Sheikh‘ smoke a waterpipe, Albumen print by the Abdullah Brothers in Istanbul, Turkey 1870