Research: Studio Portraiture
Hasselblad History

The first Hasselblad camera was made a rather unique product development. During the second world war, Victor Hasselblad was asked by  the Swedish air force if he could produce a copy of a surveillance camera found on a downed German spy plane.  The first hasselblad, the HK-7 was the first aerial camera.  In 1969 the hasselblad space shooting film continued with Apollo 11, and the first images of man on the moon and of earth from the moon captured by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr with a hasselblad 500EL/70. 

Hasselblad had selected its suppliers and collaborative partners, forming long-term relationships with companies such as Kodak. This unique system was developed and produced by Hasselblad in close co-operation with Fuji. In 2002, another camera system was launched. This time it was a 6x4.5 medium format camer incorporating the latest technological developments including autofocus and electronic chip control. In 1978, at the age of 72, Victor Hasselblad passed away. In his will he left his fortune to the Erna and Victor Hasselblad foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to promote research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography.