In the digital age, photography has been democratized and made accessible to nearly everyone. In this talk, photographer Kurt Moser speaks to journalist Karl Hoffmann about his “Lightcatcher” project – an effort to slow down photography by reverting to a technique that dates back to the 1850s.
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Speakers
Kurt Moser
Photographer & Filmmaker
Kurt Moser has been working in the documentary film sector for international broadcasters such as ZDF, ARD, ARTE, BBC and CNN. His UNESCO project Lightcatcher is a visual ode to the Dolomites mountain range, realized with Ambrotypes, a glass plate technique from 1850 and an almost 2-meter big historic camera.
Karl Hoffmann
Journalist
Karl Hoffmann is a journalist in Palermo, Italy. For more than 20 years, he has been covering culture and politics in thousands of live news, reportages and documentaries.
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