Store and Restore
Let’s be clear about one thing: photographs will always lose the battle against eternity. But to hold out as long as possible “you must understand what you own”, says photo restorer Clara von Waldthausen.
Let’s be clear about one thing: photographs will always lose the battle against eternity. But to hold out as long as possible “you must understand what you own”, says photo restorer Clara von Waldthausen.
Digital cameras, mobile phones with ultra-megapixel cameras and computers have pushed analogue photography to the background. Nowadays, photography is as accessible as watching TV. But new developments have also increased the interest in 19th and 20th century art photography.
In recent years, Frits Gierstberg (1959) has organized a large number of international exhibitions, symposiums, lectures and debates about photography. Last year, he was named Professor Extraordinary at Erasmus University Rotterdam. This was the first step in the Dutch catch-up race in the area of photography.
Nudity and nakedness features in all art forms, and the invention of photography left little concealed.