The Calanques by Adolphe Lezer, signed albumen print

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Signed in the cardboard

The Calanques of Marseille

by Adolphe Lezer.

A photographer based at 58 rue Saint Férréol, he contributed to the collections of the Museum of Documentary Photography of Provence and was a member of the Photographic Society of Marseille, where he taught technical lighting workshops. In 1897, he photographed the southern shores of Marseille, the islands, and the calanques.