Halitzky, Emilio

Emilio Halitzky, a Hungarian photographer, was active in Buenos Aires from 1866 during the height of the carte de visite era. In that year, he acquired the premises that belonged to his colleague J. M. Aldanondo at Calle del Buen Orden 324 (now Bernardo de Irigoyen). Like other professionals of the time, Halitzky worked with various techniques and formats, including the popular carte de visite and cabinet-portrait. Specifically, on the back of the latter format, one can see an advertisement printed by Guillermo Kraft, stating "Fotografía y Fototipia de la Concepción de Emilio Halitzky. Buen Orden n.º 404. Buenos Aires." By 1884, Halitzky added to this legend the two medals he obtained in national exhibitions. In 1886, he relocated to Calle Tacuarí 82 and expanded his services to include lithography. He is considered one of the pioneers of photolithography in the country. In 1882, his medical photographs were published in the Revista Médico-Quirúrgica, and in 1887, he published portraits of artists in La Gaceta Musical. Additionally, Halitzky was chosen as the official photographer to document, through large-format urban views, the important works erected by the Mayor of Buenos Aires, Torcuato de Alvear.