William Zirkler

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William Zirkler (born January 2, 1869 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , † April 11, 1928 in Göttingen ) was a German photographer and protagonist in particular of industry , mining and smelting photography.

Life

William Zirkler was a son of the Clausthal photographer Friedrich Zirkler (1827-1909). After attending the Clausthaler Gymnasium, he studied from 1886 at the Clausthaler Bergakademie and in Berlin at the Technical University TH Berlin, while also working as a photographer.

In 1901, William Zirkler took over the studio founded by his father in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and at the same time worked in underground and industrial photography, especially in the Harz mining industry , for Ilseder Hütte and Peiner Walzwerke .

In 1909, Zirkler married Paula , née Gennerich , with whom he had two sons. After Zirkler's death in 1928, the Hanover- born photographer Paul Sandberg took over Zirkler's studio in Clausthal.

literature

  • Photography in the mine around 1900: Mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 ; Catalog for the exhibition Photographing in the mine around 1900 - mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890 - 1910 from November 6, 1998 to April 7, 1999, publisher: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, 1998 ; in this:
    • Berthold Ansohn: protagonists of mine photography in the Upper Harz around 1900 ;
    • Enno Kaufhold : Edward S. Padmore and William Zirkler: Photographs from Oberharzer pits. Iconography and Innovation. A media-oriented discourse ;
    • Enno Kaufhold, Johannes Laufer: William Zirkler: Two wooden girders at an Upper Harz pond. Two readings of a photograph

Web links

  • Danuta Thiel-Melerski: W. Zirkler, Clausthal in the “Lexicon of Photographers” on the fotorevers.eu page

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d o.V. : Zirkler, William in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek , edited on September 17, 2012, last accessed on December 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Berthold Ansohn: Protagonists of mine photography in the Upper Harz around 1900 , in: Photographing in the mine around 1900: Mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890–1910 ; Catalog for the exhibition Photographing in the mine around 1900 - mine photography in the Upper Harz 1890–1910 from November 6, 1998 to April 7, 1999, publisher: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, 1998
personal data
SURNAME Zirkler, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and protagonist of industrial, mine and hut photography
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Clausthal-Zellerfeld
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1928
Place of death Goettingen