Today’s media landscape challenges and raises questions about the established boundaries of documentary photography. Can photography be both documentary and art? In these seven projects, the photographers have used the camera to explore the world and tell stories. Their approaches vary, from fragmented snapshot aesthetics and single images to longer photo essays and digital manipulation.
There is huge thematic variation in these projects also. Living in exile, fast fashion, and what happens in a family when Dad becomes Mum, are just some of the topics the photographers are interested in. A consistent theme is nevertheless the desire to explore the time we live in, and the challenges we share today. How are we as individuals affected by issues such as sustainability and interaction across borders? You can read more about the projects in the exhibition booklet, and by following the QR codes there and in the exhibition.
NJP Goes North! shows excerpts from an exhibition produced in 2024, by Preus museum. Curators were Hege Oulie in collaboration with Rune Eraker for NJP. Curator at Perspektivet Museum is Marthe T. Fjellestad, producer is Mari Hildung.
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