Searching for identity in old landscapes – archival photographs / Katarzyna Łakomy // W: Landscape in the past & forgotten landscapes / vol. eds. Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Beata Kwiatkowska-Kopka ; Institute ... więcej

Searching for identity in old landscapes – archival photographs / Katarzyna Łakomy // W: Landscape in the past & forgotten landscapes / vol. eds. Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Beata Kwiatkowska-Kopka ; Institute of Archaeology. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Institute of Landscape Architecture. Cracow University of Technology. – Kraków : Institute of Archaeology. Jagiellonian University in Kraków : Institute of Landscape Architecture. Cracow University of Technology, 2016. – (Cracow Landscape Monographs : landscape as impulsion for culture: research, perception & protection, ISSN 2451-1692 ; 2). – S. 49-54 : il. – Bibliogr. s. 54, Abstr. – ISBN 978-83-942469-5-2

Changes in landscape are a constant process, changing in time and character. This process can be positive or negative and can occur homogenously or chaotically. Modern problems with space and landscape ... więcej

Changes in landscape are a constant process, changing in time and character. This process can be positive or negative and can occur homogenously or chaotically. Modern problems with space and landscape are a result of multiple anthropogenic factors - mostly political, cultural, economic and urban transformations. Recognizing and deciphering them is the main problem of modern landscape activities. Archival plans and maps are the main source of knowledge about space transformations, yet they are completed by photography, especially popular since the 1950s. Both documentary photos and family ones, keepsakes, may become a very important source of information about the shape of historical landscapes, their compositions, characteristic elements and local traditions of their inhabitants. Archival photography, useful for historians, ethnographers, geographers and landscape architects, allows for determining the initial shape of the landscape and diagnosing the directions of its transformations.