Photography, history, politics…
…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?
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