In the 1860s, portrait photography exploded in Stockholm. Studios opened, photo albums became fashionable, and everyone wanted to be immortalized: maids, wholesalers, factory workers, and sailors. The City Museum's collection preserves 400,000 of these faces. But who were they?
In an interdisciplinary project, historical photographs have been linked with biographical data about Stockholm residents from 1860—1930. Using digital facial recognition, previously unknown faces have been examined and identified.
Now you can meet some of these individuals in an exhibition about photography, memory, power, and mystery.
And dont miss to try Bosco - The Magical Machine.
The exhibition is the result of the project "City Faces", funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Opening
March 11. At Stockholm's City Museum. Free admission
Link: stadsmuseet
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