Vintage: Daily Life of Vienna, Austria by Emil Mayer (1900s-1910s) | MONOVISIONS

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From 1891 to 1896 Emil Mayer studied law at the University of Vienna. In 1896, he earned the juris doctorate. In 1894, while still a student, he converted from the Jewish community to Catholicism. After his studies he settled in Vienna, where he worked as a lawyer. His first experience in photography was as an amateur. He was a member of several Viennese photographer associations that focused on artistic photography. Mayer also authored a textbook and was awarded several patents. He was an honorary member of many domestic and foreign photographers’ clubs. Finally, he left the law firm he was working at founded a photographic technology company namedDrem Office. His artistic photos include documentary images of Wienerstraße images.