HILDE ROGNSKOG
BEFORE AND AFTER. 2009
Print on film, paper, plywood, 94x122 cm
BEFORE AND AFTER. Detail
Text 1: JUMP TO DEATH: The Chinese Wang Jiaxiong died Wednesday after trying to jump over the Chinese wall on a bicycle. Wang drove down a ramp of 35 meter high and 76 meter long in forehand of the jump.
Text 2: KILLED ZOOKEEPER: This black bear in a zoo in Dhaka in Bangladesh are eating on the skirt of the zookeeper Ismail Hawladar, after he was taken and killed by to bears when he was in the cage feeding them.
ICON MOBILEPHONE, 2009
Print on film, paper, plywood, 94x122 cm
ICON MOBILEPHONE, Detail
Iconic photos was possible in a situation where journalists and photographers was the only witness of truth in the society. If several individual with mobile phones pictured the same event, it’s more difficult to convey one truth or one side of the (hi)story. A third subjective glance is accomplished when mobilephones are manipulated in to historical pictures and into the hands of the subject of the event.
ICON MOBILEPHONE, Detail
ICON MOBILEPHONE, Detail