Russeprinsesse 1903

I forever loved old photographs, black and white, exposed with old-fashioned photographic techniques, unsharp, scratched, imperfect and faded. They have so much to tell from a world long gone or far away. They transport something enigmatic, something you cannot grasp entirely, they are extracted from a context I do not understand.

The artwork Russeprinsesse is taken by a commercial photographer in Oslo in 1903 (as the title suggests :-). It is a studio shot taken under perfect conditions. The photographer worked with a forrest backdrop to place the depicted person in nature.

The original c-print (approx 8 x 15 cm) was provided by Oslo Katedralskolen, which I then digitalised and printed in black and white in the artworks dimensions. The further process is an artistic secret, I call it “reverse analog developing process”, adding colour to the black and white image.

The sales price includes 5% art tax.