Background
Aadu Treufeldt was born on September 25, 1874, in Türi, Jarvamaa, Estonia.
Aadu Treufeldt with his family: his wife Liine and daughter Senta
Aadu Treufeldt was born on September 25, 1874, in Türi, Jarvamaa, Estonia.
Raised in the village of Turi, Aadu Treufeldt often photographed local events (weddings and village parties), at which he also would sing. He opened a studio in Pilistvere, and then, in 1906, journeyed to Pogranichnaya on the frontier of China, where he was employed at the studio of R. Gottlieb.
Aadu Treufeldt returned to Turi in 1909, where he frequently shared the studio of Avelinius Tonisson. He moved to Hagudi, near Tallinn, in his later years, where he died.
Aside from his photographs of village events, Aadu Treufeldt produced images of the Russian railwaymen, Chinese and Japanese villagers on the Russia-China frontier, and notably, two prints of the beheading of a band of "hunhuus" (robbers) on June 17, 1909.