German photographer active 1860s with photographic studio and shop in Cairo; born Berlin about 1830; opened studio in Berlin in 1850s and in Cairo in 1860s; active in Near and Middle East; photographed opening of Suez Canal in 1869; died about 1870

Hammerschmidt worked as a professional photographer in Berlin. In 1860, he opened a shop in Cairo, Egypt, that sold photographs and photographic materials. Hammerschmidt was associated with the photographic studio "Braun Brothers" also in Egypt. In 1869, Hammerschmidt photographed the interior of Saint Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Palestine.