Carl Petter Daniel Dyrendahl Nyblin (30 June 1856 – 19 July 1923) was a Norwegian photographer who spent most of his life in Finland.

Biography

Daniel Nyblin was born on 30 June 1856 in

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, Norway. His father was 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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and

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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 photography 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 Magazine'' (, in Finnish), from 1906 to 1910. In 1916, he suffered a severe

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, from which he never fully recovered. He died in Helsinki on 19 July 1923. Although he relinquished active management of the studio in 1904 following the death of his wife Wera, as of 2021, it remained owned and operated by the Nyblin family.

Selected photographs

Adolf Paul Helsingfors.jpg, Adolf Paul Daniel Nyblin - Architects Lindgren, Saarinen, Östman and Gesellius.jpg, Architects:

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,
Albertina Östman and

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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 19th-century Finnish photographers Norwegian emigrants to Finland Portrait photographers People from Drammen 20th-century Finnish photographers