Carl Durheim, also known as Karl Durheim and Charles Durheim, (23 November 1810 – 30 January 1890) was a Swiss lithographer and an early photographer. He began working with daguerreotype in 1845 and changed to a paper printing process in 1849.[1] In 1850, he became the first Swiss photographer to offer paper prints.[2] Between 1852 and 1853 Durheim created a series of photos of itinerants for the Swiss police, which is the earliest remaining collection of police photography.[2] Durheim produced many portraits of seated individuals.
Durheim was born in Bern, Switzerland. He died there on 30 January 1890.
Lithograph of the Aargau, Solothurn, & Basel canton
Postmortem of a Child, hand-colored daguerreotype (circa 1852)
Lithograph of the first Federal Palace in Bern, built 1852–57, now the west wing of the Federal Palace.
Joseph Körbler photographic portrait
References
- ↑ Gernsheim, Helmut; Gernsheim, Alison (1971). A Concise History of Photography. The world of art library General (2. printing, rev ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-500-20034-6.
- 1 2 Meier, Thomas Dominik; Wolfensberger, Rolf (1998). "Police photography of Swiss itinerants 1852–53". History of Photography. 22 (3): 278–281. doi:10.1080/03087298.1998.10443890. ISSN 0308-7298.
External links
Media related to Carl Durheim at Wikimedia Commons
