1912 his first picture collection "Alt-Straßburg" appears 1913 Certificate to work as doctor of medicine 1914-18 Serves as assistant doctor on the front in the First World War 1919 Forbidden to practise as doctor in the now French-controlled Alsace 1926 Moves to Frankfurt a. Main. After working as a laboratory apprentice at a
company, photography becomes his passion. Town picture photo |
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"Alt-Frankfurt", 1923 "Die Vogesen", 1924, amongst others, published 1927 The young photographer Alfred Tritschler becomes his colleague and later partner of the Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler photo studio 1930-1939 Wolff takes an interest in the still young technique of 35 mm. photography. The Leica becomes his trademark, experiments with photographic paper and developers |
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1940 Tries out the new colour film by Agfa - the result: colour industry photography "Im Kraftfeld von Rüsselheim"
1942-1944 His book "Meine Erfahrungen .. farbig" is published. His house in Frankfurt is damaged by bombs, the colour photo archive and thousands of press prints are destroyed. |