Siegmund Labisch

A collector's picture produced by Zander & Labisch from the seriesStage stars and their autographs,which were enclosed with the gold Saba cigarettes of theGarbaty cigarette factoryin 1933. This picture showsHubert von Meyerinck

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Siegmund Labisch(30 July 1863 – 7 December 1942) was a businessman, photographer and co-founder of theZander & Labischphoto agency.

Life

Born inSzamotuły,BezirkPosen,in 1895 Labisch founded together with the engineer and photographerAlbert ZandertheZander & Labisch Illustrations-Photographenphoto agency in Berlin, which was the first of its kind to focus on the production and distribution of press photographs. As a result, it succeeded in placing one tenth of all photographs published in theBerliner Illustrirte Zeitungas early as 1897. Zander died of poisoning as early as 12 August 1897. After Zander's death, Siegmund Labisch became the sole owner of the photo agency.

Under the temporary nameZander & Labisch Neue Photographische Gesellschaft A.G.,the studio was initially located atLeipziger Straße105from 1896 to 1897, and atMohrenstraße19from 1897 to 1900.With the changing addresses (among othersLeipziger Straße 115/16) the agency existed until its deletion from thecommercial registerin 1939. Labisch itself was no longer listed in officialaddress bookafter 1938.

On 14 September 1942, Labisch was deported to theTheresienstadt Ghettowhere he died on 7 December of the same year at the age of 79.

Work

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  The sculptorHarro Magnussenat work in his workshop; reprinted in 1898 in theBerliner Leben. Zeitschrift für Schönheit & Kunst
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  1890s greeting card from the restaurantEwige Lampein Hanover
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  1908collotypepostcardwithJugendstilelements, photography of Café Lützow inCharlottenburg
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  StudiobyBlandine EbingerandFriedrich Hollaender,between 1919 and 1926

Further reading

• Anna Rosemann:Zander & Labisch – Auf den Spuren einer bekannten Fotoagentur.Masterarbeit zur Geschichte der Fotoagentur Zander & Labisch, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Lehrstuhl für deutsch-jüdische Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte, Exil und Migration, February 2017