Hermann Emden (photographer)

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Hermann Seligmann Emden (* 1815 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1879 ) was a German , engraver , lithographer and photographer . One of his works is one of the earliest photographically illustrated books in Germany.

Life

"The cathedral from the southeast", from: The cathedral at Mainz ... , 1858
"The camp music of the French prisoners in Mainz under the direction of a Prussian conductor", from the series "Memories of 1870", Mainz 1870

Hermann Emden learned, like many other photographers of his time and, first of all the artistic craft of engraving and lithography, before he was working as one of the first photographers in Frankfurt from 1852: The renowned art teacher Clemens Philippart , in Bonn the photograph on paper, Emden entered into a cooperation in the same year and temporarily assisted it.

It is believed that the Emden photographer John Schafgans with the calotype made known.

Also in 1852 Emden worked in Elberfeld with " Paul Eduard Liesegang , whose optical and mechanical equipment later achieved world fame."

Hermann Emden secured a firm place in the history of photography thanks to a folio volume with 36 calotypes , presumably based on collodion negatives , under the title The Cathedral of Mainz and its most important monuments : in a balanced combination of German-French accompanying text and a wealth of large - and small-format illustrations of building details such as portals and tombs, this book is an important forerunner of modern architectural monographs , and one of the earliest photographically illustrated books in Germany.

Hermann Emden ran a studio in Frankfurt am Main until 1872 .

Emden was apparently planning to expand in Württemberg and opened two branches in 1864: one in Tübingen and one in Gmünd . He was unsuccessful and gave it up the following year. No signed photographs from his work in Tübingen and Gmünd could be found.

Works and collections (selection)

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e Andrea Stockhammer (responsible for content): Mainz in early photographs ... (see web links)
  2. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library . There the year of birth is also “different. Year of birth approx. 1811 ”.
  3. ↑ a b Helmut Gernsheim: History of Photography…. P. 338.
  4. ↑ a b c Christoph Schaden: "... is recommended to an honored audience" ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.christophschaden.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Pp. 24-33.
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia…. P. 24.
  6. ↑ Johannes Schüle: Gmünder Photographen…. P. 93, cites z. T. to "The messenger from Remsthal." 1864, No. 45.
  7. ↑ Emden, Hermann in the 5000 masterpieces of photography collection at zeno.org , last accessed on May 12, 2013.
  8. ^ The state collection on the history of photography in Rhineland-Palatinate , last accessed on May 12, 2013.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Emden, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emden, Hermann Seligmann; Emden, Herm .; Emden, H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lithographer and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1879
Place of death uncertain: Frankfurt am Main