Hans Breuer Photography From 1927 Ship Monte Sarmiento Port Hamburg.
He is considered one of the pioneers of press photography. Change of life Hans Breuer was the son of an innkeeper. After an apprenticeship with the Danish photographer Ludwig Stöckler in Sønderborg (1893-1896), he took up his own post in Hamburg in 1897. Instead of devoting himself to setting up a photo studio, as was the custom at the time, he began working for the thriving «illustrated newspaper» market. Breuer, who enjoyed the emperor’s trust, photographed his bed on the imperial yacht Meteor, after William II reportedly told him: «Breuer, if you photograph my bedroom again, you would be undercover.» » For the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, he purchased a 13×18 pocket camera and took an unusually large number of 600 photos. Most of the time he used cameras in the 18 × 24 or 24 × 30 cm format.