Berlin photography studios in the 19th century

Example of the back of a Carte de Visite (CDV) by Albert Meyer with addresses of his studios

Berlin photography studios in the 19th century is the subject of a research project initiated in 2003 and a long-term research project at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences in the field of museum studies . Under the direction of Professor Sibylle Einholz is thereby established with the 1865 Association for the history of Berlin cooperates , whose photographic collection is one of the foundations of the research project.

State of research

For the period from 1870 to 1890, more than 800 names of the students have so far (as of February 2008) been determined, which are presented in an online database that is to be expanded with addresses and dates . "Including all decades from 1850 onwards, one can probably assume far more than 1000 studios in ... Berlin by 1900. "

Well-known photographers and studios

• Martin Bellow
• Atelier E. Bieber , owner Leonard Berlin-Bieber
• Philipp Graff
• Wilhelm Halffter
• Wilhelm Höffert
• Julius Kricheldorff
• Albert Meyer (photographer)
• Pflaum & Co. (court photographer)
• New Photographic Society
• Reichard & Lindner (court photographers)
• Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter
• Friedrich Albert Schwartz
• Johann Friedrich Stiehm (1826–1902), a. a. nationally active publisher of stereo photographs
• Zander & Labisch

literature

• Ludwig Hoerner : The photographic trade in Germany 1839-1914 : GFW-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-87258-000-0 .

Web links

Commons : 19th-century photographers in Berlin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sibylle Einholz: previous database on Berlin photography studios
• The history of Berlin ... historical photographs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sibylle Einholz: Berlin photography studios ... (see web links)
2. ↑ The history of Berlin (see web links)
3. ↑ In several German cities u. a. also Berlin photographic studios that bore the name Wilhelm Höffert. It is not known which photographer / countess was hiding behind the studio in Berlin.
4. ↑ Hartmut Wettmann, Jan Rubinowicz: JF Stiehm, photographer and publisher in 19th century Berlin ( memento from April 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on the fotoplatz.stereographie.de page from August 23, 2004, last accessed on March 7 2020