The photographic and filmic examples are drawn from zoology, geology, botany, medicine and anthropology. The presentations include both scientific and artistic perspectives and methods, giving the subject a multifaceted approach.
In the middle of World War II, Victor Hasselblad was commissioned by the air force to design a reconnaissance camera. Recognising the potential of the camera, he developed the model right after the war and launched the first Hasselblad for civilian use in New York in 1947.
It was a success, and more than twenty years later a customised Hasselblad camera was used in the first manned moon landing in 1969. The basis for the endeavour was Victor Hasselblad's interest in photographing birds, but also his interest in technology and science. The example shows the camera's links to the military, and the role and importance of lens media for visualisation in different sciences and research fields.
Program
12.30–13.15 Tour of the exhibition With an eye on nature: birds, fossils and photographs
Louise Wolthers och Stefan Jensen
13.20–13.30 Greetings and welcome
Mats Jönsson, Louise Wolters och Niclas Östlind
13.30–14.00 "Unseen, unheard and unimagined": on nature photography as science and sport
Cecilia Strandroth
14.10–15.10 "Favourable soil for suggestive influence": The use of Swedish cultural-historical film 1945-1955.
Mats Jönsson och Erik Florin Persson
15.10–15.30 Coffee and sandwich break
15.30–16.00 Functions and relationships of films - from consumer films to source material and cultural heritage
Lisa Sputnes Mouwitz
16.10–17.10 About developing | time
Cecilia Grönberg
17.20–17.50 The Atlantic rainforest - insights and perspectives
Åsa Krüger och Stina Weststrand
18.00–18.15 A T C G
Karl-Magnus Johansson
18.20–18.50 The photo book in the service of popular science: a selection of books that widened the public's view of man, nature and the world
Andréas Hagström och Niclas Östlind
