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Alois Löcherer (14 August 1815 – 15 July 1862) was a professional German photographer active in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Biography
He was born in Munich, and opened a business as a photographer there in 1840, after training as a chemist and pharmacist.
Work
His work consisted of daguerrotypes. It includes "The Torso Section of Bavaria, Munich" (c. 1848), which depicts the construction of the fifty-two foot tall nationalist statue "Bavaria." This image is an early example of photoreportage and is additionally noted for its surrealistic effects. He also published together with de:Hans Hanfstaengl Album de Zeitgenossen (Album of Contemporary Figures), a collection of portraits of current celebrities, each accompanied by a capsule biography.<ref=19c /> The work was republished in 1975 Exhibitions of his photographs was held in Köln in 1980-81 and in Munich in 1998