Open AccessImmigrants and Elves. The Everyday and the Fantastic in Danish Photographical Children’s Books
Author(s) -
Mette Kia Krabbe Meyer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
fund og forskning i det kongelige biblioteks samlinger
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2246-6061
pISSN - 0069-9896
DOI - 10.7146/fof.v52i0.41298
Subject(s) - danish , quarter (canadian coin) , poetry , politics , immigration , history , art history , visual arts , literature , art , archaeology , philosophy , law , linguistics , political science
When you think of children’s picture books, the first images that come to mind willmost likely be drawings. However, in the 1950s a quarter of all children’s picture bookswere illustrated with photographs. The article gives an overview of the Danish photographicalpicture book tradition, which dates back to Fotografiske Børnegrupper (Photographsof groups of children) published in 1866, consisting of photographs by HaraldPaetz and short poems by Hans Christian Andersen. It covers documentary stories,i.e. books that present the lives of children around the world. Some of these convey adecidedly social and political message. This article also covers books in which photographyserves to enhance the imagination, and presents supernatural beings or humanizedanimals and objects.