Carl Kesselhuth
Carl Kesselhuth was an entrepreneur and photographer in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Life
youth
Carl Kesselhuth learned his photographic trade in Osnabrück in the early 1860s from the court photographer Georg Heyer . "It is probably for Heyer to those traveling photographers , in 1857, from Einbeck coming, the paper image photography had introduced in Hildesheim."
After Kesselhut worked for Heyer for a few years as an assistant, he switched to Mr. St. Eyre in Einbeck , who ran both a photo studio and a “drug trade” there. Carl Kesselhuth served himself up to managing director in a short time . At the age of 22 he bought the business of the Wedemeyer's heirs and went into business for himself on July 1, 1865 in Hildesheim. He maintained his studio at Almsstrasse 31, later at Kaiserstrasse 44 / corner of Osterstrasse .
From 1894 to 1909 Kesselhuth was a board member of the German Photographers Association .
In 1902 Carl Kesselhuth was one of the co-founders of the oldest photographers ' guild in Germany, the "Photographers Guild of Hildesheim", today the Hanover-Hildesheim-Göttingen Photographers' Guild .
Unlike many of his colleagues, Kesselhuth did not see the amateur photography that was emerging around 1900 as an annoying competition, but invested early in the expected business with private photography enthusiasts: in 1902 , he advertised for the first time in an advertisement in the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung as “Handlungphotischer Apperate und Commodities ”and offered potential customers“ professional instruction ”. In the same issue there was another advertisement:
“Amateur Photographers! For the purpose of founding an association for the promotion of amateur photography, we ask all amateur photographers interested in this on Saturday, the 24th of d. Mts. Meet at 9 o'clock in the evening in the Union's club room (Brühl). Several amateur photographers. "
Exhibitions and awards
- In 1878 Kesselhut took part in the Hanoverian trade exhibition with views of St. Michael and St. Godehard's basilica and was awarded a prize there.
- In 1881 Kesselhuth took part in the trade exhibition in Braunschweig and also received a “bonus” there.
- In 1901, Kesselhuth was awarded the bronze state medal for “Portrait and Landscape” at the exhibition of the German Photographers Association in Weimar .
Other well-known works
- Carte de visite by the writer Wilhelm Bode ; owned by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
From 1907
In the course of 1907, Carl Kesselhuth separated from his specialist department and sold his studio to the Hanover- based photographer Alexander Möhlen , a court photographer based on Georgsplatz there . Since then, Kesselhuth has devoted himself exclusively to trading in photographic supplies.
literature
- Ludwig Hoerner : Photography and Photographers in Hanover and Hildesheim. Festschrift for the 150th birthday of photography. Published by the Hanover and Hildesheim photographers' guilds, produced by the Bad Pyrmont Vocational Promotion Agency for typesetting, repro photography, printing form production, flat printing and bookbinding as part of the retraining course , 1989, p. 78
Web links
- Adam An-tAthair-Síoraí (De Animorum Immortalitate): Carl Kesselhuth on the De Animorum Immortalitate page , sub- pages Hildesheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ludwig Hoerner: Photography and Photographers in Hanover and Hildesheim ... , p. 78f.
- ↑ Ludwig Hoerner: Photography and Photographers ... , p. 74
- ^ A b c Danuta Thiel-Melerski: Carl Kesselhuth in their lexicon of photographers
- ↑ Hanover-Hildesheim-Göttingen photographers' guild
- ↑ a b Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung of May 24, 1902
- ^ Hannoversche Gewerbe-Ausstellungs- Zeitung , 1878
- ↑ Deutsche Photographen-Zeitung , Weimar, 1901, pp. 151 and 576
- ^ Weimar Classic Foundation: Wilhelm Bode
- ^ Danuta Thiel-Melerski: Alex. Möhlen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kesselhuth, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and photographer in Hildesheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |