Signe Brander

There Brander took a course in the University of Art and Design to become a drawing teacher, but later focused on photography, working for instance in the studio of Daniel Nyblin.

In the difficult and cramped urban environment the photographer had to have technical know-how, compositional skills and capacity for creative problem-solving.

In addition to her photography skills Brander also had artistic vision thanks to her drawing studies, and at their best her photos were almost visual art in their expression, composition and use of light.

[3] The central ideal of photographs at that time, however, was the sharpness and the detail of the photo, which made it possible to reproduce them correctly.

In 1907 she toured Finland taking photos of old battlefields for the centenary memorial book of the Finnish War.