Georg Emil Hansen

Biography: 19th Century Portrait photographer Georg Emil Hansen

Biography: 19th Century Portrait photographer Georg Emil Hansen

Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891) was one of Denmark’s pioneering photographers in the second half of the 19th century. He had his own studio in Copenhagen and later became a successful court photographer. Hansen learnt the art of daguerreotyping from his father C.C. Hansen who had begun to produce daguerreotypes in 1849. After studying photography in Germany, in 1854 he helped…