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in London, or the portrait of an unknown man archived together with Klier's business card attest to the portrait style of the late 1890s. They stand in contrast with his later portraits, such as the picture of a
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in a small community of German watchmakers, opticians and photographers. Having acquired the technical skills of photography under the given climatic conditions, he set up his first studio in
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boats carrying rice. Klier also took photographs of famous buildings, including Burma's most important religious monument, the
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