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Rudolph Diihrkoop was born in 1848 in Hamburg, Germany.
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Rudolph Diihrkoop
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The photographer worked as a retail tradesman initially, then served in the army during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). He took up photography about 1880 and, in 1883, opened his own studio. Diihrkoop traveled to Paris in 1900 and to London in 1901. He opened a second studio in Berlin while still maintaining his Hamburg operation. Diihrkoop's work was widely exhibited.
A portrait photographer, Diihrkoop abandoned conventional studio portraiture about 1886 and, instead, visited subjects in their homes and photographed them in the open air.
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PUBLICATIONS Books: "and Minja Diez-Diihrkoop," Bildnis-Almanach fur 1915 und 1916 (Berlin); Das Kamerabildnis und seine kulturelle Bedeutung, 1907 (Hamburg); Kamera, 1906 (Bildnisse: Berlin). Anthologies: Pictorial Photography in Britain 1900-1920, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978; Early Photographs - Early Photographers, Oliver Mathews, 1973. Periodicals: British fournal of Photography, June 21, 1918; "Seven Portraits of Children," Photo-Miniature, Sept 1907.
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In 1909 Hoppe referred to him as "the pioneer of artistic portrait photography on the Continent" (Pictorial Photography).
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1870 - 1871
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1883