page_title: Christian Hedemann
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Hedemann
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of an Old Hawaiian woman by Danish amateur photographer Christian Hedemann, Hana 1883.
context_page_description: Christian Jacob Hedemann was a Danish mechanical engineer who settled in Hawaii in 1878, where he worked at the Hana Sugar Plantation and the Honolulu Iron Works. He is, however, remembered primarily as an avid amateur photographer who helped found the Hawaiian Camera Club. His photographs of native peoples, landscape, family, and industry offer a unique pictorial record of Hawaii at the end of the 19th century.
context_section_description: Christian Jacob Hedemann (25 May 1852  – 18 May 1932) was a Danish mechanical engineer who settled in Hawaii in 1878, where he worked at the Hana Sugar Plantation and the Honolulu Iron Works. He is, however, remembered primarily as an avid amateur photographer who helped found the Hawaiian Camera Club (1889–1893). His photographs of native peoples, landscape, family, and industry offer a unique pictorial record of Hawaii at the end of the 19th century.
caption: Old Hawaiian woman Christian Hedemann  (1883)
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