The basics
Quick facts
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First professional female photographer in Finland
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1826
Death:
1881
The details
Biography
Caroline Becker (1826–1881) was the first professional female photographer in Finland.
As a widow, she managed the former studio of her brother in Vyborg between 1859 and 1862. She also managed a toy-shop. Becker was the first professional female photographer in Finland: Hedvig Keppler (1831–1882) became the second in Turku later that same year, followed by four other women photographers with shortlived careers before Julia Widgrén became the first celebrity female photographer in Finland in the late 1860s.