Herman Salzwedel

Carl Julius Herman Salzwedel (fl. 1877–1904) was a photographer in Java, Dutch East Indies during the late 19th century. He photographed people and architectural subjects. In the 1870s he partnered with Isidore van Kinsbergen at a portrait studio in Surabaya. Salzwedel then established his own successful studio in the city in 1879. and O. Kurkdjian & Co (1888–1936), it was one of the best known photography studios in the city.

Career In May 1877, Salzwedel arrived in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, via Singapore. He founded the firm Salzwedel and from March 1878 worked for a year with the more experienced Van Kinsbergen in the photographic studio Kinsbergen & Salzwedel in Batavia. Meanwhile, Schmedes had sold the Salzwedel studio on May 31, 1894, to Henrich Wilhelm Adrian Versnel (1869, Surabaya – 1906), who had been an assistant photographer. He gave a collection of photographs to departing Pasuruan Resident André Salmon. He expanded and modernized the studio in 1900, registering it as a limited company, before going bankrupt in 1901.

Upon Versnel's death in April 1906, Carl F.G.J. Ahrenhold (c.1877, Hanover – 1933, Surabaya) and W.C. Bekuik (Bekink?) acquired the business. In September 1909 they opened the new Zalswedel studio in Toendjoengan. It closed in 1913. Ahrenhold started another studio called "Pasar Besar Photo American Automatic" for cheap portraits.

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