Hermann Kapps
Hermann Kapps (* December 25, 1864 , † 1922 or later) was a German entrepreneur , photographer and guild chief.
Life
Hermann Kapps was born in Hildesheim in the late period of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1864, presumably as the son of master shoemaker Carl Kapps or master turner Wilhelm Kapps. Kapps learned the "photography trade" from Franz Heinrich Bödeker .
In 1889, Kapps, as secretary of the Association of Photography Assistants in Magdeburg, wrote a "Festive Report on the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Photography", as the Deutsche Photographen-Zeitung (DPZ) later reported.
Also in the early days of the German Empire , the young man announced a little later on June 27, 1890 in the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung that he would be opening his own studio at Bernwardstrasse 5 . In the advertisement, Kapps listed the services he offered, which today also provide information about the technical possibilities of that time. His “interiors” mentioned in the advertisement were a specialty: For example, he used a specially painted farmhouse background to photograph live sheep, pigs and cattle during the agricultural exhibition held in Hildesheim in 1906; an indication that he used such utensils more often for his recordings.
The latest results Hermann Kapp could offer its customers around the turn of the century, when they demanded indoors or other photos indoors at, for example in bad weather were magnesium - flash shots , the early 20th century had just been developed only.
Kapp's "Extensive selection of views of Hildesheim and the surrounding area" offered for sale were probably not his own prints, but pictures from the Römmler & Jonas publishing house in Dresden or collotype prints by his Hildesheim colleague Bödeker. Series photos signed by Kapps were not known to experts at the end of the 20th.
Kapps was a co-founder of the Free Photographers Guild Hildesheim and headed it as headmaster from 1902 to 1922.
After the Second World War , Hermann Kapps sold his studio in Bernwardstrasse and then settled in Sedanstrasse as a “photographer for technology and applied arts”.
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 in the training professions of typesetting, reproduction photography, printing form production, flat printing and bookbinding as part of retraining , 1989, p. 78 and so on.
Archival material
Archives by and about Hermann Kapps can be found for example
- In the picture archive of the Hildesheim City Archive : Group photos in the Hildesheim School of Applied Arts between 1902 and 1914, including the teaching staff, the painter and Professor Wilhelm Maigatter and various group photos of the teaching classes
Web links
- Adam An-tAthair-Síoraí: Hermann Kapps on the privatsammlungen.net page
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Ludwig Hoerner: Photography and Photographers in Hanover and Hildesheim ... , p. 78f. u.ö.
- ↑ Compare the DPZ, year 1889, pp. 330–331.
- ↑ Different archive numbers under the archive signature Best. 951 , compare the information in the Arcinsys Lower Saxony archive information system
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kapps, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and photographer in Hildesheim as well as guild chief master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |