Keld Helmer-Petersen

Petersen is seen as one of the best photographers in the 20th century. His career spanned 70 years and he had strong interest in modern architecture, industrial areas and structures. He started photographing in the late 1930s and first made his name with 122 Colour Photographs in 1948.

Keld Helmer-Petersen’s black and white images explore dramatic contrasts of tone. In some, we are only presented with images that are black and white. All mid tones have been removed. He created and found these images, using both cameras and flat bed scanners to achieve the effects he was looking for.

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