Alexander, Alberto

He was an Argentine photographer (1860-1931). He was born in Mendoza, shortly before his parents traveled to Buenos Aires, warned by the German scientist Germán Burmeister about a major earthquake that would devastate the Cuyo region. Alberto learned the trade from his father, and after his father's death in 1881, he joined his brothers to form the firm Alexander Hermanos, with a studio located at Artes Street 79 (previously 37, now Carlos Pellegrini). They later moved to Buen Orden Street 74 (now Bernardo de Irigoyen) and finally to the studio at Tucumán Street 2448. After the dissolution of the family business, Alberto continued to run this studio on his own. In the 1890s, he established himself in the town of Salto Argentino, in the province of Buenos Aires, with a studio focused on social portraiture, located in front of San Martín Square on Aristóbulo del Valle Street. He was also a correspondent for the magazine Caras y Caretas and collaborated with postcard publisher Roberto Rosauer.