Christian Hedemann

Mechanical engineer and amateur photographer

Christian Jacob Hedemann (25 May 1852 – 18 May 1932) was a Danish mechanical engineer who settled in Hawaii in 1878, where he worked at the Hana Sugar Plantation and the Honolulu Iron Works.

He is, however, remembered primarily as an avid amateur photographer who helped found the Hawaiian Camera Club (1889–1893).His photographs of native peoples, landscape, family, and industry offer a unique pictorial record of Hawaii at the end of the 19th century.