Ohannes (Onnes) Kurkdjian | |
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_in_the_Tengger_Mountains_-_circa_1910_-_detail.jpg) Kurkdjian on the edge of the Sand Sea (Lautan Pasir) in the Tengger Mountains (
c. 1910) | |
| Born | 1851 |
| Died | 1903 |
| Known for | Photography |
Ohannes Kurkdjian (first name sometimes spelled Onnes, Armenian spelling Hovhannes, 1851–1903) was a photographer based in Yerevan, Tiflis, Singapore and then Surabaya during the Dutch East Indies era.
His namesake business (located at Bultzingslowenplein) was the studio Kurkdjian Atelier and later O. Kurkdjian & Co.
Life and work
Kurkdjian was born in Kyurin, (Gürun), Ottoman Empire
He produced stereoscopic images of Ani. [1] He worked for another photographer in Singapore for two months and moved to Surabaya, where he eventually established his own studio. [1] [2]
His namesake business (located at Bultzingslowenplein) was Kurkdjian Atelier and later O. Kurkdjian & Co. It grew to employ at least 30 people, [2] one of whom was Thilly Weissenborn, the first significant Indonesian-born female photographer. [3] The studio produced portraits including of Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo as well as landscapes, business, building and trade photographs.
In 1897, Kurkdjian was joined by Englishman G. P. Lewis. [2] Lewis took over the business after Kurkdjian's death in 1903 (in Surabaya, Indonesia). [2] The studio was acquired by Mieling & Co., a pharmaceutical company, in 1915. [2]
A famous photograph of Kurkdjian shows him standing behind his tripod-mounted camera photographing a volcano. [2]
Gallery
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Kurkdjian studio in Surabaya in a building with other businesses -
Sugarcane being transported by oxcart -
Wayang wong performers -
Studio portrait of a woman -
Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo -
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Bales being shipped from the sugarcane factory -
Mount Kelud crater circa 1901 -
Mount Bromo circa 1920 -
Hillside with people photograph -
Women doing batik -
Boats anchored at Tjilatjap ( Cilacap) -
Outside the Kurkdjian photo studio -
Semeroe volcano in 1897 -
A sixteen meter deep mudslide at Redjosari after the eruption of the Kelud volcano -
Personnel of Atelier Kurkdjian, Surabaya, 1916
References
- ^ a b Stereoscopic photographs of Ani
- ^ a b c d e f Onnes Kurkdjian; Viewmaker and Entrepreneur by Hedi Hinzler
- ^ Haks, Leo (August 2007). "Indonesian photography collection 1860s–1940s". NGA Australia. Canberra, Australia: National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
External links
- Collection of Kurkdjian photographs from "Come to Java" on Flickr
- (in Dutch) Armenians in colonial Indonesia
- Photographs by Kurkdjian on YouTube
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Ohannes (Onnes) Kurkdjian | |
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|
Kurkdjian on the edge of the Sand Sea (Lautan Pasir) in the Tengger Mountains (
c. 1910) | |
| Born | 1851 |
| Died | 1903 |
| Known for | Photography |
Ohannes Kurkdjian (first name sometimes spelled Onnes, Armenian spelling Hovhannes, 1851–1903) was a photographer based in Yerevan, Tiflis, Singapore and then Surabaya during the Dutch East Indies era.
His namesake business (located at Bultzingslowenplein) was the studio Kurkdjian Atelier and later O. Kurkdjian & Co.
Life and work
Kurkdjian was born in Kyurin, (Gürun), Ottoman Empire
He produced stereoscopic images of Ani. [1] He worked for another photographer in Singapore for two months and moved to Surabaya, where he eventually established his own studio. [1] [2]
His namesake business (located at Bultzingslowenplein) was Kurkdjian Atelier and later O. Kurkdjian & Co. It grew to employ at least 30 people, [2] one of whom was Thilly Weissenborn, the first significant Indonesian-born female photographer. [3] The studio produced portraits including of Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo as well as landscapes, business, building and trade photographs.
In 1897, Kurkdjian was joined by Englishman G. P. Lewis. [2] Lewis took over the business after Kurkdjian's death in 1903 (in Surabaya, Indonesia). [2] The studio was acquired by Mieling & Co., a pharmaceutical company, in 1915. [2]
A famous photograph of Kurkdjian shows him standing behind his tripod-mounted camera photographing a volcano. [2]
Gallery
-
Kurkdjian studio in Surabaya in a building with other businesses
-
Sugarcane being transported by oxcart
-
Wayang wong performers
-
Studio portrait of a woman
-
Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo
-
-
Bales being shipped from the sugarcane factory
-
Mount Kelud crater circa 1901
-
Mount Bromo circa 1920
-
Hillside with people photograph
-
Women doing batik
-
Boats anchored at Tjilatjap ( Cilacap)
-
Outside the Kurkdjian photo studio
-
Semeroe volcano in 1897
-
A sixteen meter deep mudslide at Redjosari after the eruption of the Kelud volcano
-
Personnel of Atelier Kurkdjian, Surabaya, 1916
References
- ^ a b Stereoscopic photographs of Ani
- ^ a b c d e f Onnes Kurkdjian; Viewmaker and Entrepreneur by Hedi Hinzler
- ^ Haks, Leo (August 2007). "Indonesian photography collection 1860s–1940s". NGA Australia. Canberra, Australia: National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
External links
- Collection of Kurkdjian photographs from "Come to Java" on Flickr
- (in Dutch) Armenians in colonial Indonesia
- Photographs by Kurkdjian on YouTube
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