Emma Kirchner
Emma Kirchner (born Johanna Frederika Doris Emma Kirchner; 30 March 1830 – 10 February 1909) was a German photographer who lived and worked in the Netherlands. She was the first, and for over 30 years, the only professional woman photographer working in Delft and the surrounding area. Early life, education and influences in Leipzig Johanna Frederika Doris Emma Kirchner was born in Leipzig on 30 March 1830, the eldest daughter of Johanna Frederika Fritzsche and Carl Pancras Kirchner, a tailor. Three years later, her sister Maria Amalia Louisa was born, but her father died just four months later. Her mother continued to run the family tailor's shop. In 1841 the family moved into a house at 7 Neukirchhof in the centre of Leipzig (destroyed in the Second World War, and now called Matthäikirchhof). Not far from there, her mother opened a new tailor's shop at 24 Große Fleischergasse. At the age of 22, Emma Kirchner gave birth to her daughter Elisa Augusta Doris Ida (called Doris) ...
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