Josef Seidel
Josef Seidel (born October 2, 1859 in Hasel near Teschen, today Česká Kamenice , † October 21, 1935 in Český Krumlov , German: Krumau) was a German-Bohemian photographer.
Josef Seidel learned the profession of photographer and traveled as an assistant through Transylvania, Hungary, Bohemia and Austria. In Vienna he worked for a company that produced photo plates for two years. In 1886 Seidel came to Krumau in the Bohemian Forest , where he worked for Gottfried Zimmer as the head of his photo studio in Krumau, Linzer Straße 64, and took over this after two years.
He soon became very successful, especially with the photographic documentation of the landscape and the locations of the Bohemian Forest. He also took pictures on skis and pictures were taken on slides that were masterfully colored. Around 1920 Seidel created the first panorama shots, one of 28 shots that appeared as a fanfold panorama of the Bohemian Forest. He was one of the first photographers in South Bohemia to use the autochrome technique to produce color picture postcards. He also had a postcard publisher. Seidel created one of the most extensive collections of image documents in the Bohemian Forest region of his time.
After Josef Seidel's death in 1935, his son Franz took over the business until it was expropriated by the communists in 1949.
Today the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel exists in the former studio in Krumau .
literature
- Ingeborg Jordan: Photography in the Bohemian Forest 1880–1940. , Steyr 1984.
- Ivo Janoušek, Jan Palkovič: 4 photographers - 2 zemes - 1 region: 4 photographers - 2 countries - 1 region. Benešov nad Cernou 2014, ISBN 978-80-87445-03-7 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidel, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Bohemian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hazel near Teschen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1935 |
| Place of death | Krumlov |