Carl Petter Daniel Dyrendahl Nyblin (30 June 1856,

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- 19 July 1923,

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) was a Norwegian photographer who spent most of his life in Finland.

Biography

His father was the sculptor, Carl Petter Dyrendahl Nyblin (1818-1883). After studying at the photography studio of the

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in Christiania (

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), he spent some time as a photographer in Drammen. In 1875, he moved to Helsinki, where he worked in the studios of . Two years later, he established his own studio. Later, he opened branches in

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, Björneborg and

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. In addition to portraits and landscapes, he created reproductions of paintings and photographed theatrical productions. He also sold cameras and other photographic equipment and, after amateur photography became popular in the 1880s, he opened a store expressly for that purpose. In 1889, he was one of the founders of the Amateur Photography Club, where he was a teacher and lecturer. His interests extended to other aspects of the visual arts as well, including oil painting. In 1885, he fashioned a memorial to the

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, which was installed in

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. He became involved with the Finnish Photographers' Association in 1897, but always preferred working with enthusiastic amateurs. In 1903, he was the primary organizer of Finland's first ohotography exhibition, at the

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of the

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, which included professionals and amateurs. From 1901 to 1905, he edited the Association's magazine, ''Fotografiskt Allehanda''. When it was discontinued, he issued his own ''Nyblins magasin'' (Nyblinin tietolipas, in Finnish), from 1906 to 1910. In 1916, he suffered a severe

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, from which he never fully recovered. Although he relinquished active management of the studio in 1904, when his wife Wera died, as of 2021 it was still owned and operated by the Nyblin family.

Selected photographs

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,
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Sources

Detailed biography
@ the

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Detailed biography and references
@ the (Finnish Museum of Photography)

External links

Daniel Nyblin – Artwork Glass Negative Archives collections
by Hanna-Leena Paloposki @ Lähteillä
A History of the Amateur Photography Club
@ the Club website {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyblin, Daniel 1856 births 1923 deaths Norwegian photographers Finnish photographers Norwegian emigrants to Finland Portrait photographers People from Drammen