Valentin Wolfenstein
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.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Mid-life
[edit | edit source]He returned to Sweden in the 1890s, sometime after Clara died, and settled in Stockholm, where he became an employee of the royal photographer Johannes Jaeger at his studio, Atelier Jaeger.[3][4] In the 1890s, Wolfenstein established a photographic studio at Drottninggatan 33 in Stockholm. When Jaeger moved back to Germany, his home country, Wolfenstein bought both of his studios for 60,000 kronor.[3][5] Wolfenstein continued to call the studio of 30 employees by its original name "Atelier Jaeger", because of its already established reputation as the official court photographer.[4][6]
Later life and death
[edit | edit source]Wolfenstein sold Atelier Jaeger in 1905 and returned to the United States.[7] Albin Roosval and Herman Sylwander, who took over his studios, kept the same original name for the studio.[8]
Wolfenstein died in Los Angeles on 3 February 1909 at the age of 63.[9] He is buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Central Los Angeles.[10]
Photography work
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Wolfenstein's "look-alike"
of his boss John Jaeger
sitting and standing -
1894 flash photography of scene in Swedish Theatre taken by Wolfenstein -
Wolfenstein took this photo of outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez behind the Los Angeles jail on May 18, 1874.
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"Man holding rifle", 1868 Navajo chief Barboncito -
Navajo chief Manuelito with his wife and son, 1868 -
Daughter-in-law of chief Barboncito, "Mica se qui", 1868 -
Manuelito, Barboncito, and Navajo boy and man, 1868
Personal pictures
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References
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- ^ Ancestry.com "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820–1957" and "Passenger lists, 1869–1951 of Gothenburg, Sweden"
- ^ Söderberg & Rittsel 1983, p. 34.
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- ^ Palmquist 2000, p. 434.
- ^ Ancestry.com "Wolfenstein Family Tree"
- ^ a b Andrews 1964, p. 83.
- ^ Ancestry.com U.S. City Directories 1821–1989
- ^ Ancestry.com Military records
Bibliography
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External links
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- 1845 births
- 1909 deaths
- American portrait photographers
- Union army soldiers
- Photographers from Los Angeles
- Artists from Stockholm
- Burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
- People from Falun
- Swedish emigrants to the United States
- 19th century in Los Angeles
- 19th-century American photographers
- 19th-century Swedish photographers