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mainly modelled after the Société française de photog-
raphie, however the state-conformed civil organization
nevertheless was somewhat dominated by the same
stucture existing in the country’s government.
The fi rst president of the society however was Anton
George Martin (elected in 1861 until 1865, then again
from 1868 to 1870). He was followed by the chemist
and school teacher Emil Horing (president 1866 to 1867
and 1870 to 1883) and the offi cer and reproduction
technician Ottomar of Volkmer (president 1885–1901).
Furthermore among the group’s members were Ludwig
Angerer, Rudolf Eitelberger, Josef Maximilian Petz-
val, Joseph Johann Pohl, Ludwig Schrank, Anton von
Schroetter and Wilhelm Schwarz-Senborn. The society
pursued commercial goals and offered advertisements
in their association magazine Photographische Cor-
respondenz (from 1864 to 1971 since from 1956, the
offi cial scientifi c organ came from the Sektion der
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie in Cologne)
however, Photographische Correspondenz was always
also a current, supraregional and effective forum for
the broader proclamations of scientifi c-technological
innovations. In addition it was prominent in the orga-
nization of exhibitions in 1864, in Vienna as the fi rst
specialized photographic exhibition in German-lan-
guage countries. This exhibition provided a historical
sample and apparatus collection as well as a library of
relevant international specialized publications, recently
located at Graphischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt but
today, on loan to the Fotosammlung der Albertina in
Vienna). The purpose of Österreichischern Museums
für Kunst und Industrie (1864 opened; fi rst director:
Rudolf Eitelberger) was to provide a platform for central
discussions reagrding modern visual culture, similarly
fashioned after that of the larger model of the South
Kensington Museum. The integration of photography
into this discussion was helped along through the es-
tablishment of the museum’s own photographic studio,
led by the renowned photographer Ludwig Angerer.
Further support of photography within the museum
included comprehensive photograhic exhibitions, one
of which took place in 1871 and was called grafi sche,
reproduktionstechnische und fotografi sche Sektion im
Rahmen der Eröffnungsausstellung im Museumsneu-
bau am Wiener Stubenring; then in 1875 consisting of
the internationale Ausstellung der PhotographischenSOCIETIES, GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS IN AUSTRIA
Antoine, Franz. Hermine Antoine.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1948
(48.83.21) Image © The Metropolitan
Museum of Art.