Punctum and Studium The explanation of Roland Barthes theory of punctum and studium in Camera Lucida is a bit unclear to me. I understand the concept, but when looking at this image I certainly can not find the punctum. If you look closely on the eye on the right side of the face, there is a black s-shaped fragment. Since this is the positive of a Polaroid 665 pack film
An Image of Swedish author Anderz Harning. I made this image of Anderz at Gothenburg Book Fair in September 1991. One could argue that this image lacks most of the qualities that makes a beautiful picture; composition, tonal range and what not. I’m convinced that it is rather the absence of these qualities that makes the image. A few month after this image was made, Anderz Harning passed from accidentally
Sometimes out of focus but always super bright in the 90’s. Behind me is Triangeln, besides being a shopping and an amazing piece of architecture, it is the crown jewel of Malmoe. After I made this image Sweden voted yes to the European Union and the city of Malmoe paid an unknown amount of money to marketing consultants to create a slogan which freely translates into