Early Years in Germany (1908-1933)

Hedda Hammer (Morrison) was born in Stuttgart in 1908. She acquired her first camera, a Box Brownie, at the age of 11. Despite her parents' wish that she become a doctor, Hedda studied photography at the Bavarian State Institute for Photography in Munich (1929-31). After graduation she worked as an assistant to two photographers: Adolf Lazi in Stuttgart and Olga Linckelmann in Hamburg. In 1933 Hedda made plans to leave Germany which was coming increasingly under Nazi control. She planned to travel to Yugoslavia, but this changed when she secured a job in Peking. These photographs taken at the Trachenfest folk festival in Stuttgart circa 1931 are the only known photographs taken by Hedda Morrison (nee Hammer) during her residence in Germany. They were captured during her time as a student at the Bavarian State Institute for Photography in Munich. In the images, Hedda Morrison has carefully recorded the detail of costume, the shape and texture of hats and the beauty of elaborate headdresses. The photographs project an interest in discovering the 'exotic' within her own culture.

92/1416-20 Photograph, 'Man in cloth cap with tassel at the Suttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-48/1 Photograph, 'Couple outdoors in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-28 Photograph, 'Three horsemen in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-29 Photograph, 'Young man with sprig of rosemary at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-37 Photograph, 'Couple with umbrella in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931.
92/1416-16 Photograph, 'Young man in fur cap holding a pipe at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-9 Photograph, 'Crown and brim of hat', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-18 Photograph, 'Couple in regional dress, arms linked, at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-30 Photograph, 'Woman in sheer bonnet at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-34 Photograph, 'Man in armour and chain-mail hood at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, Eastman Kodak nitrate, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931.
92/1416-17 Photograph, 'Young man in fur cap at the Stuttgart Folk Festival No. 2', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-25 Photograph, 'Elderly man in soft cloth cap with pipe at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-38 Photograph, 'Elderly couple in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-51 Photograph, 'Couple outdoors in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-26 Photograph, 'Mannequins in regional dress at Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931.
92/1416-15 Photograph, 'Portrait of a man wearing fur cap and dark ribbon tie at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-7 Photograph, 'Woman with floral headdress and embroidered bodice at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-3 Photograph, 'Woman in wide-brimmed hat with broad ribbons at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-8 Photograph, 'Portrait of woman in white bonnet and shawl at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-39/1 Photograph, 'Couple with umbrella in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931.
92/1416-52 Photograph, 'Four women in Gutach Valley Sunday dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-45/1 Photograph, 'Two smiling women in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-6 Photograph, 'Woman in regional dress with choker and necklace at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-46/1 Photograph, 'Couples in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-22 Photograph, 'Older man with pipe, war medals and Nazi badge at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931.