Photographer. Born in Spencer, Massachusetts, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and became a famous photographer. Briol began his career as a newspaper photographer and columnist with the Commercial Tribune and later for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He left the Enquirer in 1920 to become the manager of "The Bookshelf", a bookstore in Cincinnati that was considered as an informal cultural center. Briol was best known for his black and white photography and especially for his work involving scenes along the Ohio River and steamboats. Briol was the photograph illustrator of several books including "City of Rivers and Hills" in 1924. He frequently signed his prints with Japanese characters and lived at the Simpson homestead in College Hill near Cincinnati. Briol died in Somers, New York in 1969 when he was 79 years old. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in the lot of Robert Simpson.
Photographer. Born in Spencer, Massachusetts, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and became a famous photographer. Briol began his career as a newspaper photographer and columnist with the Commercial Tribune and later for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He left the Enquirer in 1920 to become the manager of "The Bookshelf", a bookstore in Cincinnati that was considered as an informal cultural center. Briol was best known for his black and white photography and especially for his work involving scenes along the Ohio River and steamboats. Briol was the photograph illustrator of several books including "City of Rivers and Hills" in 1924. He frequently signed his prints with Japanese characters and lived at the Simpson homestead in College Hill near Cincinnati. Briol died in Somers, New York in 1969 when he was 79 years old. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in the lot of Robert Simpson.
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