About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Danish photographers, Helena Christensen, Nicolai Howalt, Trine Sondergaard, Trine Sondergaard, Krass Clement, Erling Mandelmann, Jacob Holdt, Jens Fink-Jensen, Jan Grarup, Jesper Just, Mary Willumsen, Kristen Feilberg, Viggo Rivad, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Jette Bang, Morten Bo, Per Bak Jensen, Rigmor Mydtskov, Christian Hedemann, Jesper Hom, Keld Helmer-Petersen, Peter Elfelt, Fotografisk Center, Frederikke Federspiel, Jacob Aue Sobol, Mary Steen, Kenneth Willardt, Pietro Boyesen, Peter Sekaer, Manuel Alberto Claro, Dansk Fotografisk Forening, Mathias Vestergaard, Claus Bjorn Larsen, Israel B. Melchior, Benedicte Wrensted, Kirsten Klein, Joakim Eskildsen, Brandts Museum of Photographic Art, Lars Schwander, Peter Faber, Georg Emil Hansen, Mads Alstrup, Rudolph Striegler, Marc Hom, National Museum of Photography, Heinrich Tonnies, Peter Brandes, Anton Melbye, Morten Strange, Morten Andersen, Sigvart Werner, Ludvig Grundtvig, Ole Brask, Dorothea Gundtoft, Fogtdal Photographers Award, Thomas Trane, Joachim Koester, Aage Rasmussen, Nicolai Fuglsig. Excerpt: Photography in Denmark has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today. Pioneers such as Mads Alstrup and Georg Emil Hansen paved the way for a rapidly growing profession during the last half of the 19th century while both artistic and press photographers have made internationally recognized contributions. Although Denmark was slow to accept photography as an art form, Danish photographers are now increasingly active, participating in key exhibitions around the world. Among Denmark's most successful contemporary photographers are Jacob Aue Sobol who gained recognition for captivating portraits of his Greenlandic girlfirend and Per Bak Jensen ...