Copenhagen Art & Photography

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, founded in 1856, was a veterinary and agricultural science university in Copenhagen, Denmark, up till its merger with University of Copenhagen in 2007. Surrounding the buildings, designed by Gottlieb Bindesbøll, are the unique gardens which house more than 6,000 different plants and flowers. Also see: Bergholt Photography ~ Copenhagen… Continue reading ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’

The Pentax *istD series marked a significant milestone for Japanese brand Pentax when it was introduced in the early 2000s. The series was the brand’s first venture into digital SLR cameras. The series built upon Pentax’s reputation for solid build quality, compact design, and advanced technology at an affordable price. The first camera in the… Continue reading Sunset Over the Palm House ~ A Vintage Pentax *ist DS Series

I’ve been away from the world of art and photography for about 16 years,  but I’m back with a refueled interest after buying a vintage camera for a minor macro-photography project. This branched out into shots of architecture and various å, some of which have been clustered into the ‘Objects for an Ideal Home‘ series.… Continue reading Copenhagen Photographer ~ Kasper Bergholt

‘This looks like the end of everything!’, someone remarked at an exhibition. First work from the ‘Time Is Out of Joint’ series, which references the following exclamation by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ (in the form of an embodied metaphor): “The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born… Continue reading ‘The Time Is Out of Joint’ ~ Shakespeare, Derrida & Marx

Light snowfall over the Garden of the Royal Danish Library (also referred to as ‘The Royal Library Gardens’) is a public garden in Copenhagen, Denmark – designed in 1920 by the architects Jens Peder Andersen and Thorvald Jørgnsen. The Garden of the Royal Danish Library, one of the oldest university libraries in Europe, in Danish:… Continue reading Garden of the Royal Danish Library in Light Snowfall

Kaktus Towers, Kalvebod Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (B.I.G). Two towers at 100 and 80 meters tall respectively. Close to 500 balconies distributed between the floors of the towers explain the ‘Kaktus’ designation of these semi-futuristic buildings. The opening of IKEA’s rooftop terrace has made photos from new angles possible, including ones… Continue reading Kaktus Towers, Copenhagen

The ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ series is inspired by a 1999 music album — in the electronica genre, as it was labeled in the mid 90s — by that name. ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’ was produced and released by the Danish musician Opiate (Thomas Knak) on record label April Records. In 2009 a… Continue reading ‘Objects for an Ideal Home’

This blogpost on the Leben CS-600 and the Leben CS-600X tube-based amplifiers started out as a thorough introduction to vintage tubes after buying a Leben CS-600 a couple of months ago. From there, it branched out to cover additional amplifiers from Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company; from their early models to their latest offerings of tube-based… Continue reading Leben CS-600 ~ An Introduction to Leben Tube Amplifiers