It was founded by James Koblah Bruce Vanderpuije and sons; Isaac Hudson and Ernest John in 1922.
[4] The studio is currently being managed by the grand daughter of J. K Bruce Vanderpuije- Kate Tamakloe Vanderpuije.
[1][7] Born in 1899,[8] James belonged to a middle-class family in Jamestown in Accra, Ghana (then Gold Coast).
His interest in photography led him to make portraits of British and Indian families, as well as black aristocrats.
[9] Vanderpuije's son Isaac Hudson joined his father after schooling for sometime until he gained a government scholarship to study at High School for Graphic and Book Art (Hoch Schule für Grafiek und Buch Kunst), Leipzig, Germany.