John Møller’s ‘Photographic Memory’–Professional Photography of Greenlandic Inuit and Danish Administrators at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
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Gielas, AM
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The photograph depicts an indigenous Greenlandic seal hunter and member of the Inuit people. The picture was taken by a fellow Inuk named John Møller (1867–1935). With the photographic practices that he had learned from the Danish and the technology provided by the Danish colonial administration of Greenland, Møller created a ‘photographic memory’ of the Greenlandic Inuit and a rare insight into the lives of an Arctic indigenous people at the turn of the twentieth century.
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3601 Art History, Theory and Criticism, 36 Creative Arts and Writing
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Photography and Culture
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1751-4517
1751-4525
1751-4525
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Informa UK Limited
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European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (894466)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie EU Horizon 2020 Grant 894466