Verden omkring os traces roughly 200 years of photographic history, from the 1840s to 2023, and asks how we have portrayed and understood the land and the city through the camera. The exhibition moves from the romantic landscape photography of the 1800s, through the fascination with cities and buildings during industrialisation, to today's climate challenges.
Alongside works by some of photography's most important names, the show presents recent acquisitions to the Royal Library's collection by five acclaimed photographers: Tine Bek, Nanna Debois Buhl, Inuuteq Storch, Pia Rönicke and Emil Ryge. The exhibition spans landscape, architectural, documentary and concept photography, as well as photography linked to the nature and climate movement, so it speaks to lovers of history, contemporary art and nature alike.
