James Aurig

James Buchanan Aurig ( born August 28, 1857 in Guben, † December 19, 1935 in Dresden bubble joke ) was a German photographer.

Life

Aurig was born in Guben. He lost his parents early and was brought up by a foster family in the Erzgebirge. At the age of 15, he went as a photographer Tight help to Chemnitz. To 1878, he got a job with the photographer John Schumacher, who had a studio on the Tolkewitzer street in Dresden. In the same year married Aurig Berta Alma, née Müller. The marriage produced five children.

After shoemaker had to give up his business, Aurig worked for various photographers, including in Dresden and earned his money, for example, with image retouching. He was eventually hired by the Dresdner Lichdruckanstalt Römmler & Jonas and was still working for Emil Römmler after it opened in 1887, his first " photographic studio " in Johann city. To this period belong above all recordings in Dresden and Berlin, but also Holland, Belgium and Switzerland. He opened in bubble joke at first a wooden studio and an " action Photographic Need products " and was from 1894 to 1895 by Karl Emil kidding own villa with daylight studio on the Hainstraße 14, today Justin Straße 2, build. Here he produced portraits, but also wedding photographs. Outside of his studio held Aurig especially current events photographically.

After the turn of the century, he turned increasingly to the home portrait, that is, he went with his photo equipment to the most famous personalities of the city to portray them. From 1908 also the Saxon royal family among his clients. In 1911 he was awarded King Friedrich August III. the title of " His Majesty's court photographer ".

Aurig died in 1935 in bubble wit and was buried in the family grave at the Urnenhain Tolkewitz.

Work

Aurig photographed in his office in bladder joke primarily in Dresden, bubble wit and Losch joke. He held in his pictures festtage current events, but also produced architectural photographs, among others, Dresdner buildings and villas Blasewitzer new buildings. As of August Kotzsch held Aurig the construction of the Blue Wonder firmly. Documentary valuable are mainly the few surviving environmental studies Aurigs plus footage of nearing demolition of buildings.

Aurig among the most important studio photographer in the Dresden area in 1900 He created, among other portraits of politicians, clerics and professors of the universities of Dresden. " Until the outbreak of the First World War, James Aurig the first address for high quality portraits ."