Basic biographical information about selected photographers who operated in the Czech lands before 1918. Besides those written by Pavel Scheufler, some of the entries were compiled in cooperation with other authors.

Bielfeldt, Otto

1824 Gdansk - 1887? Prague?

Painter, opera singer, successfull photographer in Plzen (Pilsen) around the year 1860.

Bielfeldt, Otto Bielfeldt, Otto - Garden studio in Plzen, probably 1863. The photograph is the oldest known picture of this type in the country.