KELD HELMER-PETERSEN

my own work
my own work

for these images i changed the threshold creating the black and white look a lot like Keld Helmer Petersen’s work but for the second one I inverted it to have a slightly different one

 Wires, Copenhagen, 1950s
Wires, Copenhagen, 1950s keld helmer-petersen
 Power Lines, Chicago, 1951
Power Lines, Chicago, 1951 keld helmer-petersen

Keld Helmer-Petersen

who was he ?

Keld Helmer-Petersen is one of the most influential Danish photographers in the 20thCentury. He was an international pioneer in colour photography and was a central figure in not only Danish but also European modernist photography. His career spanned 70 years and he had strong interest in modern architecture, industrial areas and structures. He was very prolific and continuously experimented and challenged the many possibilities of the photographic image. His efforts have put a mark on photography as an artistic expression.

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