Taking a break from reading a book, a fashionable young woman steals a glance while looking directly into the camera lens.

Niels Adam Fischer: 1856-1938

The following chronology of Danish amateur photographer Niels Fischer is courtesy Danish Photo History 1839-1939/ HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS online resource:

NAME: Niels Adam Fischer

DATE: Born 29.4.1856 in Copenhagen, died smst. 25.5.1938.
ACTIVE: Approx. 1878-o. 1920 (?)
ADDRESSES: Stengade 12, Copenhagen
EDUCATION: Varnish manufacturer, color dealer
TECHNIQUE: wet collodion and dry plates (see article)
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: yes
GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY: yes
INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHY: yes
TOPOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY: yes
STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY: no
POSTCARDS: ?
EXHIBITIONS: Industrial Exhibition Copenhagen 1888, 1899 and 1903, Hamburg, 1903 Vienna, London. 1905 New York.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: Yes, member of the Danish Photographic Association from 1883
PREVIOUS:
SUCCESSOR: ?
ARCHIVE: In the KFAK archive there are 54 photos by NF.
COMMENTS: Brother of the painters Paul Fischer and August Fischer, as well as organist Erik Elert Fischer.
SOURCES: Ochsner 1986.