Hermann Biow

Ruins caused by the Hamburg fire, daguerrotype by Hermann Biow, 1842

Hermann Biow (1804–1850) was an early German photographer who worked with daguerreotypes. After creating a partnership with Carl Ferdinand Stelzner, he opened Germany's first daguerreotype studio in Hamburg in 1841. He is remembered above all for his images of the Hamburg fire in May 1842.[1][2]

When he moved to Dresden in the late 1840s, his sister Jenny Bossard-Biow took over the Hamburg studio where she continued to produce daguerreotypes. Biow died in Dresden in 1850 due to fumes from producing his photographs.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Hermann Biow". Historic Camera. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hermann Biow". Oxford Index. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Irle, Klaus (2013). "Der Stadtbrand von Hamburg 1842" (PDF) (in German). FINetworker. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hermann Biow". art finding. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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