This book, published in Great Britain during WWII was clearly intended to show that the Norwegians, though at the time occupied by Germany, was a country of proud freedom loving people. The text contains an introduction to the economic activity in Norway, and a exposition of how Norway fought the German attack in 1940 and retained a legal government in exile. An overview is given of the merchant fleet, the Norwegian military forces abroad, and the coastal raids undertaken jointly by British and Norwegian forces along the coast (Lofoten, Øksfjord, Måløy, and so on), and the sinking of the Scharnhorst. The civillian resistance of the sport association, the teachers and trade unionists... All this is clearly intended as evidence for Norway being a worthy ally in the fight against the Axis powers, and culturally close to Great Britain with a strong and justified claim for independence.
This tiny book, which can probably be counted as a work of propaganda, is one of the first Norwegian photo books. Schwitters was an important immigrant photographer in Norway (son of the famous German surrealist Kurt Schwitters) who fled Norway for Great Britain in 1940 (with his father). I am not aware of any earlier book that relies on photographic illustration to this extent to make its point, and it is clearly published as primarily a work by Schwitters, with supporting text by Nyquist. It even has a photographic program in the form of a motto in the endpaper (both front and back): "A show more photograph should be a symbol rather than a correct illustration of details." show less
This tiny book, which can probably be counted as a work of propaganda, is one of the first Norwegian photo books. Schwitters was an important immigrant photographer in Norway (son of the famous German surrealist Kurt Schwitters) who fled Norway for Great Britain in 1940 (with his father). I am not aware of any earlier book that relies on photographic illustration to this extent to make its point, and it is clearly published as primarily a work by Schwitters, with supporting text by Nyquist. It even has a photographic program in the form of a motto in the endpaper (both front and back): "A show more photograph should be a symbol rather than a correct illustration of details." show less
A strange and at times funny discussion about photography. A group of very learned and scholarly hobby-philosophers attempting to "conceptualize" photography. This would probably have worked out better if the people involved had stopped to consider why they thought such an exercise is necessary.
Arbeta - inte slita ut sig! : en bok om dubbelarbete idag och förr i tiden - för 6 timmars arbetsdag i framtiden by Ann Christine Eek
A classic. There are too many pictures, although some of them are very good. The quality of reproduction is low. And the implied economics is at points naive. But this is a masterful statement of how it feels to work and live as mothers in early 1970s Sweden, not always the welfare state paradise some would imagine. The realism about parenthood and the labor market is refreshing.
I saw the exhibition in Bradford, 2004. This made quite an impression on me.