| LC control no. | no2005017192 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Walther, Hedda |
| Variant(s) | Gerhardt, Hedwig |
| Other standard no. | 117131881 500345175 Q17123555 |
| Located | Dresden (Germany) Sylt (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1894-09-13 |
| Death date | 1979-11-21 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Berlin (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Photography Photography, Artistic Portrait photography Photography of children Photography of animals Fashion photography |
| Affiliation | Lette-Verein |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Portrait photographers |
| Found in | Kinderspaziergang, c1937: t.p. (Hedda Walther) Eipper, Paul. Freundschaft mit Katzen, 1931: title page (mit zweiunddreissig Bildnisstudien nach Originalaufnahmen von Hedda Walther) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, February 11, 2021 (Walther, Hedda; gender: female; life dates: 1894-1979; photographer) German Wikipedia, February 11, 2020 (Hedda Walther (birth name Hedwig Gerhardt); German photographer; born 13. September 1894 in Berlin; died 21. November 1979 in Berlin; married Kurt Wilhelm Walther, 1916; divorced, 1917; their daughter Sonja (afterwards Sonja Georgi, also a photographer) born, 1915; studied photography at Lette-Verein, Berlin; assistant to Bruno Wiehr in Dresden, 1924-1925; founded a studio for portraits of children in Berlin, 1925; published photobooks and illustrated books about children and animals, some in collaboration with Paul Eipper; also worked as fashion photographer for periodicals; during the war, documented mural paintings in connection with the "Führerauftrag Monumentalmalerei"; after the war, lived mostly on Sylt with her daughter and worked exclusively as fashion photographer) |
| Associated language | ger |
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