Bolette Berg

Bolette Berg (1872–1944) was a Norwegian photographer. She and her partner Marie Høeg ran a photography studio, Berg & Høeg Fotoatelier, in Horten, a busy naval port in the southeast of Norway. At the time photography was immensely fashionable for those rich enough to afford it, and the two made their money selling portraits and landscapes of their surroundings. Their studio was used not just for their work, however, but also as a meeting place for women that was free from the judgement and strict social cues of society at the time. They were one of many photography studios in Horten in that period – many visitors and naval officers wished to purchase photographs as souvenirs, and thus there was quite a large industry.