Heinrich Eckert

Self-portrait by Heinrich Eckert with his camera, 1870

Heinrich Eckert , Czech Jindřich Eckert , (born April 22, 1833 in Prague ; † February 28, 1905 there ) was a Bohemian photographer .

After training at the Prague Polytechnic , Eckert worked as a customs officer. In 1863 he opened a studio for portrait photography . In addition to portraits, he also created allegorical compositions and tableaux vivants . Today he is best known for his landscape and architectural photographs, which are primarily of documentary value. His work includes numerous collotype prints from Prague, as well as photo collections from the Bohemian Forest and the Giant Mountains .

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  Portrait by Louisa Olivová, 1890

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  Vitus Cathedral under construction

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  Old Prague Josefstadt

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  Černé jezero in the Bohemian Forest

literature

• The city councilor, imperial council and court photographer Heinrich Eckert (on his 70th birthday). In: Photographische Correspondenz, Volume 40 (1903), No. 513 (June 1903), pp. 384-385.
• Ludwig Schramm: † Kais. Council court and chamber photographer Heinrich Eckert . In: Photographische Correspondenz, Volume 42 (1905), No. 535 (April 1905), p. 188
• Jindřich Eckert, a photographer for Bohemia. In: Mila Moschik, Simon Weber-Unger: Travel, they say, is a science . Vienna 2012, pp. 111–116. ( Full text on google.books )
• P. Scheufler: Jindřich Eckert , Odeon Praha 1985.
• P. Scheufler: Stará Praha Jindřicha Eckerta , Praha 1993

Web links

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