Theodor Preising was a German photographer from Hildesheim. In 1920 Preising emigrated to Argentina, before settling in Brazil in 1923, where he opened a photography studio in São Paulo.

Material:

• 1 folder
• 8 black-and-white photographs (Ribeiro Preto, Santos and Boa Vista: coffee and banana plantations, families of emigrants circa 1937)

Provenance: from Guilherme Gaelzer-Netto’s papers.

Keywords: Brazil, history of photography