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Photographic value – a comment

Mike Johnston at The Online Photographer (TOP) has written a thoughtful post on the subject: what makes photographs valuable for the future. As usual, the post has caused a lot of comments. The following is my own contribution, as posted on TOP. Please go here to read Mike’s original post and all the other comments.

What this interesting post and the comments illustrate nicely, is that “value” is not something absolute or intrinsic to an object, but something that is attributed to the object in a certain context. And as the context change, the value may change likewise.

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Reality check

How much noise is visible on a picture taken at 3200 ISO with camera A, compared to the same picture taken with camera B? This is the kind of discussion, that can go on for weeks on photo-blogs and -foras on the net. Normally supplemented with dozens of pictures at 100% magnification. This is known … Read more

For meget?

This picture is taken a couple of days ago. It was a cold day with snow on the ground – but also with a sun shining from a clear sky. I was wandering about in Northwest, a part of Copenhagen that has a reputation for being a bit worn down.

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Kodachrome

Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
So mama dont take my kodachrome away

Paul Simon

Alas, mama is going to take our Kodachrome away. At least that is what is being suggested in an article from AP, quoted in a number of net media. Kodak has gradually phased out most versions of the well known 35mm slide film, with the 64 ISO version being the only one remaining.

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Foto-exhibition in open air

Until the 26th of October, Charlotte Østervang exhibits photos from Christiania at Nytorv square in Copenhagen. Christiania is the self-proclaimed free-town that occupies a part of Copenhagen, and has been a center for alternative life-style for more than 30 years now. Østervangs large portraits are very powerful and impressive – and leaves a somewhat more nuanced picture of … Read more

Downfall of a picture?

…a note on photography, reality and history

In an article on the 3rd of October, the newspaper Politiken writes about an upcoming exhibition in the Barbican Art Gallery in London. The exhibition is supposed to shed new light on the old discussion about Robert Capas famous photo the fallen soldier: is it a fake or not?

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Danish photography in english – part 4

Part 4: Structures and shadows

It’s arguable, that Photographs – a retrospective (Fotografisk center, 1999) by Marianne Engberg doesn’t belong on this list, since the photographer has lived and worked in New York since 1968. But after all she is Danish by birth and her book is Danish by origin.

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