Sigfrid Lundberg's Stuff
2018-04-27: Between the market and the arts
A discussion of photography as an art form, and its relation to the art markets.
Art,
Photography,
Economics,
Essays, 2014
2015-10-08: Are the Ways of Seeing Francesca Woodman and Edith Gowin the
same?
Francesca Woodman's work is on exhibition in Stockholm. I look at
her photography, and felt that I had to reread parts of John Berger's Ways
of seeing.
Photography, 2015
2015-08-24: Landskrona fotofestival 2015
Fotofestivalen i Landskrona har seglat upp som en fixstjärna på den
nordiska fotohimlen. Jag har varit där tre år i rad nu. Håller den
måttet? Har den växtverk?
Photography, 2015
2015-05-23: Gerillautställning
Lördagen den 23 maj, 13:00-16:00, Katarina Bangata 25, Södermalm, Stockholm
Photography, 2015
2015-04-20: At the end of the day there's another day dawning
From the life of a trans-national commuter
Photography,
Video, 2015
2015-04-06: Gonna make a sentimental journey
to renew old memories
För trettiofem år sen reste vi till Grekland, Gertrud och jag. Vi
var yngre då än vårt yngsta barn är nu. I veckan som gick återvände
vi. Trettiofem år är lång tid, mer än halva mitt liv, om trettiofem år är
vi sannolikt döda.
Souvenir,
Photography,
Essays, 2015
2015-03-17: On the availability of stout
On my way home today I realized that something essential was
missing. The stout.
Photography,
Food and drink, 2015
2015-02-09: Too many buses, too many passengers
Inspired by the envy percieved when seeing all buses
go with high frequency, except those lines I'm using
Photography, 2015
2015-02-05: Same but different
Two photos with similar composition but very different subject
Photography, 2015
2015-01-14: Movable type and the typographer's last words
Equipment from my fathers workshop.
Typography,
Photography, 2015
2015-01-10: De sociala medierna och min fotografi
65 månader har jag varit medlem av Flickr. Under den tiden har jag
publicerat 2728 bilder. Det är ungefär 10% av det jag fotar och i genomsnitt
1 bild per dag. Till vilken glädje? I skrivande stund rapporterar Flickr
ungefär 4000 tittar per dygn.
Flickr,
Photography, 2015
2014-11-08: Camera Lucida and a tale of two mothers
I've read Roland Barthes' book Camera Lucida
Mothers,
Photography,
Essays, 2014
2014-10-21: Ack Sverige, Du Sköna
Nu har jag läst Wallins bok Ack Sverige, Du Sköna
Photography,
Essays,
Art, 2014
2014-09-03: Granite is hard
He sat on his knees and started to penetrate the tiles with hammer
and chisel
Essays,
Images,
Photography, 2014
2013-09-09: With a full frame sensor my lenses become wider
This is an addendum to my earlier review of the 15mm Super-Wide
Heliar lens
Images,
Lenses,
Photography, 2013
2012-11-18: Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM: Portrait of a lens
This is one of the very sharpest lenses made by mankind.
Images,
Lenses,
Photography, 2012
2012-11-18: Zeiss ZM 50mm f1.5 C-Sonnar: Portrait of a lens
The 50mm Sonnar f1.5 is a transplant from the Contax rangefinder
world. A real classic there. Also, it is indeed a personality with a
focus shift.
Images,
Lenses,
Photography, 2012
2012-11-18: Voigtländer 15mm f/4.5 Super Wide Heliar: A portrait of a lens
Super-wide Heliar was the first M Mount lens I bought. I have used
it extensively, in particular on my Olympus E-P2. But I still use it over and
over again.
Images,
Lenses,
Photography, 2012
2012-05-14: On colour
When a subject contains vidid colours, I invariably transform the
photo to black and white. If there are few I usually preserve colour. Unless
there is special conditions that make me feel that colour is important. For
instance, when the image contain vivid colours.
Flickr,
Photography,
Images, 2012
2012-05-08: Creative Commons and Dutch Elm Disease
A story about some dead trees, a walk with friends in Skåne and a
natural reserve outside Bristol, UK.
Flickr,
Creative Commons,
Photography, 2012
2012-02-02: Sigfrid intervjuad av Kristina
Kristina Alexandersson är en aktiv person i allt som handlar om
Internet, lärande och öppet innehåll. I dag publicerade hon en intervju med
mig på CreativeCommons svenska sajt.
Photography,
Open Content, 2012
2012-01-18: Shooting M mount
I have been shooting M mount since November last year.
Images,
Photography,
Hardware, 2012
2011-05-24: A neighbour, almost
I've made a new acquaintance, Gustav Holmberg, a history of science
scholar with a deep interest in photography. He has started a small series
with portraits of cameras he meets on the streets of the world.
Photography,
Hardware,
Neighbours, 2011
2011-05-07: On focusing on the essentials
I acquired a socalled mirrorless interchangable lens camera in
August last year. Since than I have used it exclusively with manual focus
vintage lenses. Here I discuss my experience blending old and new imaging
technologies.
Images,
Photography,
Hardware, 2011
2011-05-03: A Leica lens from Minolta?
The M Rokkor lenses were produced by Minolta for their excellent
rangefinder camera Minolta CLE. I aquired one of them, the 40mm f2.0, for
use with my Olympus E-P2.
Images,
Lenses,
Photography,
Hardware, 2011
2010-10-29: Portrait of a lens: NIKKOR-O Auto 1:2 f=35mm
Portrait of a lens I've kept since I was a teenager.
Images,
Hardware,
Lenses,
Photography, 2010
My name is Sigfrid Lundberg. The stuff I publish here may, or may not, be of interest for anyone else.
On this site there is material on photography, music, literature and other stuff I enjoy in life. However, most of it is related to my profession as an Internet programmer and software developer within the area of digital libraries. I have been that at the Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen (Denmark) and, before that, Lund university library (Sweden).
The content here does not reflect the views of my employers. They are now all past employers, since I retired 1 May 2023.