Minya Diez-D黨rkoop; Renate Scholz; From the estate of Dr. Renate Scholz; silver gelatin paper; black and white positive process; image size: height: 21.50 cm; width: 15.80 cm; signed: recto and left in the image: copied handwriting: D黨rkoop; portrait photography; portrait; girl; door; Renate Scholz; Renate Scholz (1919-1999) poses as the only child of Carla Scholz (n閑 Hartmann) and Dr. William Scholz; director of Deutsche Werft AG; regularly in front of the camera from the age of one. Thus; until the 1930s; Studio Diez-D黨rkoop documented the adolescence of the young woman; who would later earn a doctorate in Romance studies. The photographer Minya Diez-D黨rkoop (1873-1929) began working in the Hamburg studio of her father; Rudolf D黨rkoop; at the age of 15. In 1906 she officially became her father's business partner and finally took over the workshop for the artistic camera portrait at Jungfernstieg 34. Diez-D黨rkoop actively participated in the cultural life of the Hanseatic city and counted the artists Franz Radziwill; Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein among her models. Above all; she portrays women and children. Some families remain faithful to her studio; which continues under her name after the photographer's early death; for years. (Teresa Gruber)