Explorers and Entrepreneurs behind the Camera - The stories behind the pictures and photographs from the Image Archive of the Ibero-American Institute

The images presented in this volume, taken from the holdings of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Insitut (IberoAmerican Institute, IAI), date back to the early phase of photography – more specifically from 1856 to 1939 – and were taken in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Peru. The order of the essays more or less follows the historical development of photography and traces an arc from early studio photographs and expedition and travel photography to images that documented early film productions. This publication also maps out the technological development of photography from the middle of the 19th century to the start of the 20th century. While in the early days of photography, it was only possible to take pictures in photo studios, it was not long before photographers took to the road and scientists began to use the camera as a research instrument INTRODUCTION Gregor Wolff JEAN LAURENT – PHOTOGRAPHER TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (“FOTÓGRAFO DE S.M. LA REINA”) Gregor Wolff MARC FERREZ (1843-1923). PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR IN 19 TH CENTURY BRAZIL Margrit Prussat ALBERT FRISCH AND THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE AMAZON TO GO AROUND THE WORLD Frank Stephan Kohl TEOBERT MALER: AN EMPATHETIC VIEW OF MEXICO Claudine Leysinger THE COLLOTYPE, THE AUTOMOBILE AND ELECTRIC LIGHT: THE VARIED PASSIONS OF EMÍLIO BIEL IN PORTO Ricarda Musser ALBERT RICHARD DIETZE: PHOTO CHRONICLER OF THE PROVINCE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO Ricarda Musser ANTHROPOLOGICAL-ETHNOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PAUL EHRENREICH’S PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Paul Hempel EASTERN PERU – THE REGION AND ITS PEOPLE (1888-1891), DOCUMENTED BY KROEHLE & HÜBNER Frank Stephan Kohl MORE THAN FRIDA’S FATHER. GUILLERMO KAHLO AS A PIONEER OF INDUSTRIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN MEXICO Rainer Huhle A VISUAL LEGACY OF THE PERUVIAN POPULATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20 TH CENTURY. MAX UHLE’S PHOTO COLLECTION AT THE IBERO-AMERICAN INSTITUTE BERLIN Daniela Mihok OF PLANTS AND MEN. A BOTANIST DOCUMENTS THE AMAZON Michael Kraus PICTURES FROM AFAR: ROBERT LEHMANN-NITSCHE AND THE MEDIUM OF THE PICTURE POSTCARD Kathrin Reinert PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT BORDERS: MAX T. VARGAS’ IMPACT AS A STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR IN SOUTHERN PERU Annika Buchholz ADVENTURER WITH BIKE AND CAMERA: SUMNER W. MAT TESON (1867-1920) Anja Müller, Gudrun Schumacher, Gregor Wolff “SPECIALTY: VIEWS OF MEXICO” – HUGO BREHME (1882-1954) Friedhelm Schmidt-Welle WHEN OHLSEN FORGOT HIS HAT – PICTURES FROM A GERMAN-CHILEAN ROBINSONADE Kristy Schank AUTHORS