Author Description

''Instead of presenting an objective, historical overview, Conversations on Photography grapples with the rapidly expanding and forward-thinking nature of the photographic field from the perspective of the Nordic region by putting national and international contributors into conversation. These discussions between some of photography's foremost contemporary practitioners provide unique insights into overlooked or erased stories, moments, and movements in the history of the medium, and of Fotogalleriet. Their voices contribute to analyzing a discipline whose potential is yet to be fully acknowledged within the larger field of contemporary art a discipline that continues to spearhead new thinking around the role of art and its social motivations and responsibilities. Texts by Dag Alveng, Zayne Armstrong, Bjarne Bare, Liv Brissach, Susan Bright, Antonio Cataldo, Lill Ann Chepstow-Lusty, Ann Christine Eek, Matias Faldbakken, Michael Andres Forero Parra, Marthe Ramm Fortun, Eivind Furnesvik, Bente Geving, Ane Hjort Guttu, Bjorn Hatterud, Marianne Heske, Paul Hill, Kare Kivijarvi,n Silja Leifsdottir, Lotte Konow Lund, Gry Martinsen, Robert Meyer, Eline Mugaas, Cathrine Opie, Maria Pasenau, Martina Petrelli, Karen Fosse Rosness, Aaron Schuman, Fin Serck Hanssen, Shirana Shahbazi, Helle Siljeholm, Mike Sperlinger, Stephanie von Spreter, Hanne Hammer Stien, Nina Strand, Susanne Ostby Saether, Anna Tellgren, Nikhil Vettukattil, Ellisif Wessel, Susanne M. Winterling, Sara R. Yazdani''--