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Georg Emil Hansen (12 May 1833, Naestved – 21 December 1891,
A native of Naestved in southern
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".Ane Grum-Schwensen: "Jeg sad i Dag for Photographen" - 20 portrætter af H.C. Andersen. From Odense Bys Museer.
Retrieved 8 February 2010.
Georg Emil Hansen (12 May 1833, Naestved – 21 December 1891, Frederiksberg
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's pioneering photographers in the second half of the 19th century. He had his own studio in Copenhagen and later became a successful court photographer.
Early life
A native of Naestved in southern Sealand
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, he learnt the art of daguerreotyping from his father C.C. Hansen who had begun to produce daguerreotypes in 1849. After studying photography in Germany
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, in 1854 he helped his father set up a studio near Kongens Nytorv
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in the centre of Copenhagen
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. The new equipment he had brought back from Germany was of considerable assistance.
In 1856, he opened a studio of his own, first located at Bredgade 22 and later in Østergade. In 1867, he joined with his brother Niels Christian Hansen (a portrait painter) and Albert Schou
Albert Schou (27 March 1849, ? – 4 February 1900, Copenhagen) was a Danish photographer.
Biography
He was a retired lieutenant, working as a clerk for a bookseller when, in 1867, he joined with the photographer Georg Emil Hansen and his bro ...
(a businessman) to create the famous studio that (with the addition of Clemens Weller) would be known as Hansen, Schou & Weller.
Court photographer
He later became a court photographer, taking photographs of royalty in Denmark,England
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, Russia
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and Greece
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. He was particularly successful in selling prints of the Danish royal family in the carte de visite format. It is estimated that he sold some 37,000 prints of the young Princess Alexandra when she married Crown Prince Edward in 1863.
Hans Christian Andersen
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".Retrieved 8 February 2010.
See also
*Photography in Denmark
In Denmark, photography has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today.
Pioneers Mads Alstrup and Georg Emil H ...
*History of photography
The history of photography began in remote antiquity with the discovery of two critical principles: camera obscura image projection and the observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. There are no artifacts or de ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Georg Emil 1833 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Danish photographers Pioneers of photography