Unique Vintage Photo Portraits of the Sámi People by Roche/Bonaparte From the 19th Century
In 1884, Prince Roland Bonaparte organized an anthropological expedition to Northern Norway and Sweden to study and document the Sámi people. Most of the photography from this journey was carried out by the expedition’s photographer, G. Roche. Rather than capturing spontaneous scenes of daily life, Roche and Bonaparte relied on strict frontal and profile poses. […]










