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@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