Valentin Wolfenstein | |
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 Valentin Wolfenstein, circa 1880 | |
| Born | 19 April 1845 Falun, Sweden |
| Died | 3 February 1909 (aged 63) Los Angeles, US |
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| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Flash photography |
Valentin Wolfenstein (19 April 1845 – 3 February 1909) was a Swedish-American photographer who worked both in Stockholm and Los Angeles, California. He was one of the first photographers to use flash-lamps for photography.
He owned the first successful photography studio in Los Angeles where he photographed many famous Californians in the 1870s in 1880s.[1]
After returning to Sweden, Wolfenstein owned Atelier Jaeger, the official court photographer's studio in Stockholm, from 1890 to 1905. He was a pioneer in his field and possibly the first in Sweden to make interior pictures in theaters using flash-lamp photography.[2] He took pictures of theater scenes and actors' dressing rooms.[2] A particular skill he developed was taking "look-alike pictures", a double exposure technique that combined images of the same person in two different poses, for example, sitting and standing.[2]
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- ^ a b c Söderberg & Rittsel 1983, p. 63.