Images of longing - photography in Norwegian emigration history

"Pictures of longing" - The photograph in Norwegian emigration history by Sigrid Lien.

In this book the author has collected photographs sent home by Norwegian immigrants in America as visual document and collective expression of the emigrant experience.

The Norwegian emigrants in the USA sent thousands of letters home to family and friends - often accompanied by a picture. Sigrid Lien went photo hunting in the USA and Norway and collected extensive material. A lovely book that tells the story of the emigrants through pictures.

Norwegian text.