1.
A three (or more!) year project,
started in May 2015
Kajsa Hartig, Nordiska museet, Elisabeth Boogh, Stockholms
länsmuseum, Bente Jensen, Aalborg Stadsarkiv, Anni Wallenius,
The Finnish Museum of Photography
LFF Vinterkursus 21. januar i Odense

2.
PARTICIPANTS:
Aalborg City Archives
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Nordiska museet
Stockholm County Museum

3.
The Social Digital
Photograph

4.
Photo: Scott Griggs, Flickr, CC-BY-ND

5.
http://collectingsocialphoto.nordiskamuseet.se

6.
1. memory,
narrative and
identity
2. creating and
maintaining
relationships
3. self-
representation
4. self-expression.
Personal photography today is primarily pursued for four
overlapping reasons:

7.
” Snapchat isn’t about
capturing the traditional
Kodak moment. It’s about
communicating with the full
range of human emotion –
not just what appears to be
pretty or perfect.”
http://blog.snapchat.com/post/22756675666/lets-chat

8.
?

9.
Photography isn’t anymore about a single image or
photographic object. It is part of a chain of
registered data.
The digital photography of our time is momentary,
and therefore there is a high risk it never gets to
museum and archives collections.
Another risk is lack of metadata. Few
photographers, whether professional or amateur,
supply their imagefiles with searchable keywords.

10.
PROJECT
GOALS

11.
Bridging analogue
and digital work
practices

12.
To describe and map the
role of the photograph
collections, current
methods and workflows in
museums and archives
today,

13.
To describe and map the role
of social media and social
digital photographs in society
– how it affects collecting
and disseminating of
digitally born photographs.

14.
To describe and map and the
role of the collecting
heritage organisations (as
compared to other
organisations/companies
collecting and disseminating
photographs) and how users
perceive archives/museums.

15.
Trough research and pilot
projects define evolving
methods for collecting and
disseminating
contemporary social digital
photographs, in museums
and archives.

16.
Nordiska museet
• Drygt 6 000 000 fotografier
i samlingarna
• Under nästan 20 år värd för
Fotosekretariatet
• Nationella fotograf-
registret
• Regelbundna foto-
utställningar

17.
http://www.stockholmslansmuseum.se/projekt/foto/

18.
Strategies for collection:
• Collect in realtime
• Cooperate with photographers
• Use up to date technology
• Collect in quantity as well as quality
• Explore new motifs and way’s of using
photography
• Give advice to the photographers
• Cooperate with researchers
Foto: Elisabeth Boogh
Foto: Malin Klasell

19.
The main differences between analogue and digital photo:
• Why people photograph.
• How it’s used and…
• …how it is disseminated.

20.
The Finnish Museum of Photography is
national special museum for photography,
its task being to promote and foster Finnish
photographic art and culture.

21.
Collections policy: ”to collect good,
representative examples of all
photographic cultures” → instead
of thematic or regional focus, our
interest in photography lies in
collecting and exhibiting different
genres of photography, different
uses of photography and
phenomena related to
photography

22.
”The Internet has fundamentally
changed photography. Never in
history have people created so many
photographs to such vast and
immediate audiences as today.
Never before has the individual
snapshot taken by ordinary men and
women had such global political
impacts. Photographs have become
integral in all forms of our
communication. Today, sharing
pictures is as important as creating
them.”
http://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/exhibitions/future/10982

23.
”Although technological changes,
such as digitalization, the Internet,
smart phones, and metadata have
changed the concept of
photography, the needs and desires
behind taking photos have
remained surprisingly similar. We
still use photographs to enhance our
memories, to construct our
identities, to find love, and to stay in
touch with those close to us.”
http://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/exhibitions/future/10982

24.
Photos: Virve Laustela / The Finnish Museum of Photography.

25.
Erik Kessels: 24 hours in photos, a detail. Photo: Virve Laustela / The Finnish Museum of
Photography.

26.
Photo: Virve Laustela / The Finnish Museum of Photography.

27.
Bente Jensen, Aalborg City Archives
#collectingsocialphotography
and Aalborg City Archives
…. pilot project considerations
at this stage

28.
To describe and map the role
of social media and social
digital photographs in society
– how it affects collecting
and disseminating of
digitally born photographs.

29.
according to the
general strategy of
collecting
(acquisition) of the
city archives:
to document the
city development
to document the life
of individuals in the
city
- and
organizations
and business

30.
analyzing how to collect photos
through social media using a
hashtag “decided” by the archive
#juliaalborg15
#mitaalborg
#winterinaalborg16
#juliaalborg14

31.
questions:
*documentation of changes
*visualization of
topography(what are the
motifs)
*testing selection methods
*testing harvest methods
*testing how to capture
metadata
*consider legal rights
analyzing practices
method: logbook and
interviews#juliaalborg13 #juliaalborg14
#juliaaborg15 #juleniaalborg
(2012)

32.
Aalborg City Archives: #myaalborg – 21.000 photos focus on Life
in town - documentation ? how to select ?
what kind of information do the archives obtain here- it would
not get using traditional methods ?

33.
colCollecting on an individual level:
digital forms of diary and letters on
social media based on photo that
even replaces mails
collect local personal accounts from
instagram and snapchat ?

34.
when people
move to new
platforms
what do the
archives and
museums do -
follow ?

35.
collection and documenting practices through
logbook and interview and ??

36.
Thank you! Tak! Tack! Kiitos!
collectingsocialphoto.nordiskamuseet.se
#collectingsocialphoto