Photographenatelier Gebr. Dransfeld, Hauptfeuerwache, Berliner Tor, Hamburg-St. Georg, silver gelatin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 21.50 cm; width: 29.00 cm, dry stamp: recto lower right: Gebr. Dransfeld, Hamburg, inscribed: verso on the cardboard: in ink o.: Photo: Dransfeld, Hamburg; in the middle: Hauptfeuerwache am Lübeckertor Hamburg, Architect, head building director Fritz Schumacher Hamburg, sculptor Kuöhl Hamburg, inscribed: recto on the cardboard: top left: Ka 143 and bottom right Note back side, Architectural photography, Facade ,house, building, Residential house, Apartment building, Floor house, Architecture, 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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