Theodor Max Missmann

Place: Berlin-Kreuzberg

Born: 1874

Death: 1945

Biography:

Max Missmann was a German architectural photographer. He was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany in 1874 and died in 1945. Missmann began his career as an apprentice at the Zander & Labisch photo studio on Mohrenstraße and later opened his own studio in his father's watchmaking workshop in 1903. He is considered one of the most important chroniclers of early twentieth century Berlin, along with F. Albert Schwartz and Hermann Rückwardt. Missmann's work extended to portraying the working people of the era and capturing the city as it transitioned from a Prussian capital to a united Germany following unification in 1871.