Ohannes Kurkdjian

Ohannes (Onnes) Kurkdjian

Black and white portrait of a middle-ages man wearing a white helmet

Photographer O. Kurkdjian on the edge of the Sand Sea (Lautan Pasir) in the Tengger Mountains (c. 1910)
Born 1851
Yerevan
Died 1903
Surabaya
Known for Photography
Ohannes Kurkdjian on the edge of the Sand Sea (Lautan Pasir) in the Tengger Mountains - circa 1910. Stereophotograph.

Ohannes Kurkdjian (first name sometimes spelled Onnes) (born 1851 in Yerevan, Armenia - died 1903 in Surabaya) was a photographer in Yerevan, Singapore and then Surabaya during the Dutch East Indies era. His namesake business (located at Bultzingslowenplein) was Kurkdjian Atelier and later O. Kurkdjian & Co. It grew to employ at least 30 people.[1] It continued operations after his death. The studio produced portraits including of Pakoe Boewono X Susuhunan van Solo as well as landscapes, business, building and trade photographs. Kurkdjian is an Armenian name.

Kurkdjian produced stereoscopic images of Ani.[2] He worked for another photographer in Singapore for two months and moved to Surabaya where he eventually established his own studio.[2] [1] In 1897, Kurkdjian was joined by Englishman G. P. Lewis.[1] A famous photograph of Kurkdjian shows him standing behind his tripod-mounted camera photographing a volcano.[1]

Lewis took over the business after Kurkdjian's death in 1903.[1] The studio was acquired by Mieling & Co., a pharmaceutical company, in 1915.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Onnes Kurkdjian; Viewmaker and Entrepreneur by Hedi Hinzler
  2. 1 2 Steroscopic photographs of Ani Virtual Ani, on Wikimedia Commons see Category:Stereophotos_of_Ani_by_Ohannes_Kurkdjian
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