Esteban Gonnet

Born in Grenoble, France, Gonnet moved to Argentina from Newcastle, England, in 1857.

His photos were then sold abroad (mostly in Europe), when photography of travels or distant places where gaining in popularity.

Gonnet's innovative style of work consisted of the use of negative system rather than daguerreotype (that was the most common technique by then).

During a long time, those albums were wrongly credited to Gonnet colleague Benito Panunzi.

He died on March 30, 1868, in the city of Buenos Aires a result of an aneurysm, being a witness the French sculptor Elias Duteil.

First edition of Recuerdos de Buenos Ayres , a book with photographies by Gonnet, published in 1864