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| Keywords: August Strindberg - Self-portrait of August Strindberg - Google Art Project.jpg commons artist commons date commons medium commons dimensions commons institution commons location commons references commons object_history commons exhibition_history commons credit_line commons inscriptions commons notes commons accession_number commons source commons permission commons other_versions commons zoom core title en Self-portrait of August Strindberg core creator August Strindberg core date dateCreated 1906 core type Photo core relation http //digitaltmuseum se/things/august-strindberg-frfattare-1849-1912/S-NM/NMA 0035686 core rights Reprograph Nordiska museet art artist_date 1849-01-22/1912-05-14 c-09caf48a customtext more_information August Strindberg who was always open to new forms of artistic expression became interested in photography from the 1880s onwards //Among other things he undertook a reportage trip to France in 1886 although most of his photographs from this trip were a technical failure // Family portraits taken during a stay in Switzerland cloud formations and celestial bodies are examples of subjects of interest to Strindberg during various periods of his life With the help of photographer Herman Andersson he constructed a camera in 1906 to take 'psychological portraits' of faces in actual size This creation named the 'Wunder' camera had a lens with a focal length of 30 centimetres and required about five minutes of exposure I do not care about my appearance but I want people to be able to see my soul and it is evident in these photographs better than any others was Strindberg's own comment on the series of images that includes this self-portrait c-09caf48a customtext subjects_depicted August Strindberg google display_date 1906 google is_artproject TRUE google is_gigapixel FALSE google is_secured TRUE google partner/id 0000000009caf48a google partner/name Nordiska Museet google picasa_token dxC3Rzr-d8FBIITYtTADECt31Z8 special url_id ZwGG2GAINQUHSQ special partner/name_no_lang Nordiska Museet PD-old-100-1923 1912 Photographs of August Strindberg Google Art Project works by August Strindberg Google Art Project works in Nordiska Museet | ||||
