Felix Adrien Bonfils (1831-1885) was a photographer born in the Southwest of France who moved with his family to Beirut, Lebanon in 1857. He opened a photo studio called Maison Bonfils. With his wife and son, he took thousands of photos all over the Middle East that quickly became very popular. His wife, Marie-Lydie Cabanis Bonfils, took many of the studio pictures, especially the women portraits. Starting in 1880, the Bonfils started using Photochrom, a photographic color printing technique. Lydie succeeded her husband at the head of Maison Bonfils.

Archival records from The Bonfils Collection at the British Library.

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