Minna Keene, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Minna Keene

Canadian photographer

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1861

Place of Birth: Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1943

Profession: photographer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Minna Keene, née Bergman, (5 April 1861 – November 1943) was a German-born, self-taught Canadian pictorial portrait photographer, considered "hugely successful".Keene was born in Arolsen, Germany, in 1861.
She lived in Britain, South Africa, and Canada.
She married Caleb Keene.
She died in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. Keene was an early female member of the Linked Ring, a photographic society created to show that photography was just as much an art as it was a science, and to propel photography further into the fine art world.
She was also a member of the London Salon of Photography and the first woman to be admitted as a fellow to the Royal Photographic Society.