Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been looking at these on and off, since the newspaper in question--Politiken--is Denmark's leading quality daily, and I read it on the web almost every day. The photographer in question, Erik Petersen, died in 1997. The films were found in a box only recently--apparently there were about 700 rolls of negatives which had never been printed. It is not clear whether they were developed or not--in one place it says that the film was developed after its discovery, i.e. recently, in another article (Petersen's bio) they say that what was found were negatives, already developed. In any event, Petersen worked as a photographer for Politiken from 1939 until he retired in 1994. Since Politiken is a major newspaper, it is safe to assume that they have access to the best resources when it comes to processing, scanning and photoshopping. Besides publishing the newspaper, the company is also a major publisher of books, so I am sure that at some point these photos (or at least some of them) will appear as a book. Right now they have them on the web site and are inviting people to write comments identifying the location, the people etc.--quite a few already have. There is also some question about the times; according to the posted comments, some of the pictures may be from as late as the early 1950s. Clearly, they span the post-Liberation period, since for example Montgomery made his triumphant visit to Copenhagen on 12th May 1945. The paper's web site does not say anything about camera or film used, except that it mentions "rolls of film". Given that there are no square pictures, these are almost certainly 35mm film; it does not say what camera he used, but again, given that he was employed at Politiken from 1939 it is safe to assume that he used the best equipment available at the time, and that was Leica. POSTSCRIPT: A selection of these images (117, to be exact) were published as a book on 4th May this year to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Denmark. For those who are prepared to decipher Danish, the link to buy the book is: http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.asp?PageID=376685 For those who visit Copenhagen, they have an exhibition in Politiken's building on R?dhuspladsen, the big square in front of the city hall. Nathan Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > Someone in the Photonet Leica forum posted a link to the following site: > > http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.asp?PageID=375480&nr=1 > > Evidently these are images exposed in Copenhagen during the war years, > but only recently processed and scanned. > > The discussion here: > > http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/135679.html?1117037412 > > suggests that all of these images were made with a Barnack Leica and a > 50mm lens. > > In the event, whether he made them with a IIIc or a No. 1 Kodak Pocket > Special doesn't matter. He was one hell of a photographer. I urge all > of you to have a look at these; simply amazing! > > Chandos > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com