Photography, history, politics…
Introduction According to a popular proverb, a photo speaks more than a thousand words. But however paradoxical it might seem, if the photos themselves are surrounded by a language you don’t understand, you might never get to see them. Not long ago, Mike Johnston, editor of The Online Photographer, published a list of classical photo … Read more
The other day I accidentally came across Elliot Erwitts Museum Watching – at a sale in a museum shop. The book contains photos from a number of coutries and from half a century. I might be a museum fetchist by profession. But I find Erwitts book extremely charming. His pictures of museum guest that are spectating, speculating … Read more
In Denmark, health- and social workers are on strike. They demand a wage rise, that will make the wage gap between the public and private sector smaller. How come we pay less to those who take care of our children, our sick and our elderly than those who care for our cars and our stock … Read more
Photoshop is very strong tool. And as it is the case with any strong tool, you can wreck a lot of havoc if you don’t use it right. We are probably a great number of amateur-Photoshoppers who has learned that the hard way… It’s some relief to se, that even professionals can screw things up … Read more
Since the introduction of K20D, the new Pentax top-of-the line model, the price of the 1½ year old K10D has plummeted. At the time of writing, it is available for less than 5.000 DKr. (approx. 665 €) with the kit lens. That is so cheap, that it would be almost irresponsible not to by one. … Read more
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A photographic note to the previous post: on the norwegian site Fotopia.no there is an interesting report on contemporary Cuban photography. Even if you don’t understand norwegian, you may still enjoy the photos 😉
