Minya Diez-D黨rkoop; Carla Erna Wilhelmine Scholz with her daughter Renate Scholz; From the estate of Dr. Renate Scholz; paper; platinum printing; dimensions: height: 21;90 cm; width: 15;90 cm; dry stamp: recto u. r. in picture: D黨rkoop; dry stamp: recto u. r. on the box: Rudolph & Minya; D黨rkoop; portrait photography; woman; baby; infant; mother; double portrait; 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)