City images between identity and modernity

Citygraphy presents the reader with an extensive selection of the image material from a range of collections depicting various cities. This material was the very incentive to set up the research project. The images are intriguing in that they are both predictable and diverse. These collections were established for the purposes of restoration and nostalgia, but have very much become a cultural heritage in their own right. They should be studied and treated as art objects – albeit it of a very complex nature.