Photographenatelier Gebr. Dransfeld, Carl Dransfeld, Arcades on the north side of Chilehaus, Hamburg, silver gelatin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 17.30 cm; width: 22.70 cm, inscribed: recto on the cardboard: top right: Photo: Dransfeld, Hamburg 39; u.: Arcades on the north side of Chilehaus in Hamburg, Architect D. W.B. Fritz Höger Hamburg, Sculptor, Kuöhl Hamburg, architectural photography, arcade (architecture), sculpture, sculpture, sculpture art, The photo studio Gebr. Dransfeld was founded in 1902 by the trained lithographer Carl Dransfeld and his brother, the painter Adolf Dransfeld, in Berlin and moved to Hamburg in 1904. Building director Fritz Schumacher commissioned the Dransfeld brothers to document the public buildings he had constructed since 1909. This prestigious commission established the Dransfeld brothers as leading architectural photographers in 1920s Hamburg. Among the architects for whom the studio worked were Fritz Höger, Martin Elsaesser, Distel & Grubitz or the Gerson brothers. With their photograph of the Chile House designed by Höger, Carl and Adolf Dransfeld created an icon of architectural photography. By creating a strong view from below and using a wide-angle lens, they reinforced the expressionist character of the building's top, thus contributing significantly to the popularity of modern Hamburg brick architecture. (Sven Schumacher)

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