Background
Georg Emil Hansen was born on May 12, 1833 in Naestved, Denmark.
(Hans Christian Andersen was very interested in photograph...)
Hans Christian Andersen was very interested in photography. From the very beginning he had invited photographers to take his portrait. He posed on many occasions for Hansen between 1860 and 1874. In his diary entry for 19 July 1862, Andersen records: "Went to Hansen who photographed me; got 24 portraits".
1862
Georg Emil Hansen was born on May 12, 1833 in Naestved, Denmark.
Georg Hanse learnt the art of daguerreotyping from his father C.C. Hansen who had begun to produce daguerreotypes in 1849. After studying photography in Germany, in 1854 he helped his father set up a studio near Kongens Nytorv in the centre of Copenhagen. The new equipment he had brought back from Germany was of considerable assistance.
In 1856, Georg Emil Hansen opened a studio of his own, first located at Bredgade 22 (Copenhagen, Denmark) and later in Østergade. In 1867, he joined with his brother Niels Christian Hansen (a portrait painter) and Albert Schou (a businessman) to create the famous studio that (with the addition of Clemens Weller) would be known as Hansen, Schou & Weller.
Georg Emil Hansen later became a court photographer, taking photographs of royalty in Denmark, England, Russia and Greece. He was particularly successful in selling prints of the Danish royal family using the carte de visite technique. It is estimated that he sold some 37,000 prints of the young Princess Alexandra when she married Crown Prince Edward in 1863.
Quotes from others about the person
In 1865 the first Danish magazine for photographers, Alfen, stated that his was "the newest, greatest and most beautiful photographic establishment in Copenhagen."