Nunes Vais

Quantity

20000

Category

Portraits

Area

MAFoS - Museum Archive of Historic Photography

Description

Intentional donation in 1973 by Laura Weil, daughter of Mario Nunes Vais (1856-1932). The archive consists of 20.000 negatives on glass plates of silver salt gelatine. The work of the photographer is characterised by a series of portraits of personalities from the worlds of culture, politics and society between 1800s and 1900s. It also pays testimony to events and daily life.

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