Hi Lars,
that is a great idea! I don't know if it's suitable for a photo
competition aiming at the general public like WLM, but it's at least a
great project for a group of photographers!
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote:
I'm sure we could find similar books from many
countries. A photo
competition could be organized around taking new photos of the same
objects, from the same angle, trying to reproduce the old book.
While adding images to monuments lists and looking through old
pictures of monuments, I noticed that this happens quite often "by
accident": There seem to be certain views people prefer above all
others when it comes to depicting a certain monument (even unknown and
small ones).
Just one really great example: The first two pictures in the gallery
at the bottom of
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Lahnbr%C3%BCcke_(Limburg) were
created about 150 years apart and show the same scenery from almost
the same angle. I think I will try to reproduce the view of the
painting more precisely this summer, thanks for the idea!
Best regards,
Kilian