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Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World? /January 22, 2011 by Alastair Wiper

The Natural History Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark - April 2010

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Hasselblad Factory, Sweden
Feb 3, 2017
Hasselblad Factory, Sweden
Feb 3, 2017

October the third 1962 was the day everything changed for Hasselblad.
NASA astronaut Walter Schirra blasted off into space on the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, taking his personal 500C Hasselblad camera with him. That camera captured the first recognisable images of Earth from its orbit, and became a part of the history of the space race ...

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Feb 3, 2017
Kvadrat Wooltex, UK
Nov 18, 2016
Kvadrat Wooltex, UK
Nov 18, 2016

Founded in Denmark in 1968, Kvadrat is one of the world's leading upholstery textile suppliers. In collaboration with high profile designers, architects and artists, they have supplied fabrics for some of the most notable buildings on the planet: from MoMA in New York ...

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Nov 18, 2016
Where Spam is Born, Denmark
Aug 10, 2016
Where Spam is Born, Denmark
Aug 10, 2016

In my day it was all about Spam. A cultural icon worthy of ridicule by Monty Python in the 60s, and the name given to one of the biggest pests of the information age, this humble meat in a tin was the renowned - if rarely proudly eaten - household name when I was growing up in England in the 80s. But throughout much of the rest of the world, meat in a tin is known equally by another name: Tulip Pork Luncheon Meat ...

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Aug 10, 2016
The High Voltage Laboratory at the Technical University of Denmark
Jun 22, 2016
The High Voltage Laboratory at the Technical University of Denmark
Jun 22, 2016

This is the High Voltage Laboratory at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), just outside Copenhagen. Built in the early 60's, it has since been in constant use teaching the fundamentals of high voltage technology and researching and testing electric power ...

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Jun 22, 2016
Art Basel 2016 Campaign
Jun 22, 2016
Art Basel 2016 Campaign
Jun 22, 2016

I've been commissioned by renowned graphic design studio Barnbrook to shoot the advertising and branding campaign for the largest and important art fair in the world, Art Basel. There are three shows per year, one in Basel itself, on in Miami and one in Hong Kong ...

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Jun 22, 2016
Harry's Razor Blade Factory, Germany
Jun 9, 2016
Harry's Razor Blade Factory, Germany
Jun 9, 2016

This is Feintechnik, a razor blade factory in the small village of Eisfeld in Germany. A three hour drive from frankfurt, the factory has been producing razor blades since 1920 and is one of the very few highly specialised factories to do so left in Europe. In 2014 the factory was bought by Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider, founders of New York based shaving start-up Harry's, for $100 million ...

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Jun 9, 2016
Koenigsegg Supercar Factory, Sweden
May 9, 2016
Koenigsegg Supercar Factory, Sweden
May 9, 2016

On an decomissioned air-force base just outside the small town of Ängelholm on the west-coast of Sweden sits the factory of the most unlikely supercar manufacturer in the world. Forget Ferraris and Lamborghinis, Koenigsegg is in a class above, consistently setting Guinness World records for the fastest acceleration ...

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May 9, 2016
The Brutalist Skiing Resort of Flaine, France
Feb 25, 2016
The Brutalist Skiing Resort of Flaine, France
Feb 25, 2016

A quick google of the purpose built skiing resort of "Flaine" reveals one thing above all else: most people think it is extremley ugly.

Built in the 60s by one of the most respected and renowned proponents of modernist Bauhaus architecture, Marcel Breuer, the resort (much of which is listed as protected by the French Ministry of Culture) had nothing but noble intentions ...

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Feb 25, 2016
Nikon: Elevate the Everyday Campaign
Feb 24, 2016
Nikon: Elevate the Everyday Campaign
Feb 24, 2016

I was commissioned by Nikon to take some photographs of some car parks.

The brief was to "showcase how skilled photographers can ‘elevate the everyday’ in photography and find genuine inspiration from arguably mundane surroundings ...

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Feb 24, 2016
New Covent Garden Market, London
Feb 17, 2016
New Covent Garden Market, London
Feb 17, 2016

New Covent Garden Market is the biggest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the UK. Opened in 1974, it is located in South London and provides 40% of ...

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Feb 17, 2016
Inside Playmobil, Malta
Dec 16, 2015
Inside Playmobil, Malta
Dec 16, 2015

Since 1976, every Playmobil character has been made in a Maltese factory – where it’s not just the figures who are happy. Not far from Malta airport, 192 new figures are born every minute – and whether they’re pirates, policemen or princesses, they’re always smiling ...

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Dec 16, 2015
BOOK RELEASE - The Art of Impossible: The Bang & Olufsen Design Story
Nov 17, 2015
BOOK RELEASE - The Art of Impossible: The Bang & Olufsen Design Story
Nov 17, 2015

I'm very proud to announce the release of my new book, The Art of Impossible: The Bang & Olufsen Design Story, published by Thames & Hudson. Coming to a bookstore near you, with 240 pages photographed and written by yours truly ...

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Nov 17, 2015
The Real Wealth of Athens
Aug 25, 2015
The Real Wealth of Athens
Aug 25, 2015

In troubled times it is easy to forget what Greece has given to the world. The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece has provided us with much ...

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Aug 25, 2015
Inside the Biggest Vinyl Pressing Plant in the World, The Netherlands
Aug 12, 2015
Inside the Biggest Vinyl Pressing Plant in the World, The Netherlands
Aug 12, 2015

After moving house four times in one year, and lugging my 800 strong vinly record collection with me every time, I decided enough was enough. Seriously, have you ...

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Aug 12, 2015
Going to Space with Copenhagen Suborbitals, Denmark
Jun 9, 2015
Going to Space with Copenhagen Suborbitals, Denmark
Jun 9, 2015

In the old shipyard of Copenhagen a bunch of guys are on a mission to make a home-made rocket and go to space in it. Yep, really. If they do it they will make Denmark the fourth country ...

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Jun 9, 2015
Postcards of Modern Relics: The Facilities of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Apr 15, 2015
Postcards of Modern Relics: The Facilities of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Apr 15, 2015

If you google "Olympics Athens" you won't get hits about Greece being the birthplace of the Olympics, or about the glories of the two modern Olympics that have been held there ...

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Apr 15, 2015
The Magnets of the Large Hadron Collider
Apr 8, 2015
The Magnets of the Large Hadron Collider
Apr 8, 2015

This week the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN was turned back on after an upgrade that has taken two years to complete. I was recently commissioned by CERN to photograph their ...

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Apr 8, 2015
Trinity Methodist Church, England
Feb 12, 2015
Trinity Methodist Church, England
Feb 12, 2015

I'm no God-squadder, but I do like a good church - something to do with all that delicious symmetry and symbolism. Some crackers were built in the 60s, such as this sexy little number ...

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Feb 12, 2015
The Funniest Most Dangerous Place in the World: A Tourist Bus Ride to the Korean DMZ
Jan 19, 2015
The Funniest Most Dangerous Place in the World: A Tourist Bus Ride to the Korean DMZ
Jan 19, 2015

Our tour guide is doing a thumbs down and making a stinky face behind the back of the South Korean soldier that has just got on our bus. “They’re called the ‘rocks’” she had told us ...

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Jan 19, 2015
Bang & Olufsen: Inside The Aluminium Factory
Dec 8, 2014
Bang & Olufsen: Inside The Aluminium Factory
Dec 8, 2014

Bang & Olufsen (B&O) is the oldest consumer electronics company in the world. Founded in an attic in 1925 by two young electronics enthusiasts, Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen ...

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Dec 8, 2014
Helsingør Shipyard Buildings, Denmark
Oct 29, 2014
Helsingør Shipyard Buildings, Denmark
Oct 29, 2014

Perhaps better known to those outside Denmark as the home of Hamlet, Helsingør is a city on the Northeastern coast of the island of Zealand in the East of Denmark. For 100 years ...

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Oct 29, 2014
The World Of Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote
Sep 10, 2014
The World Of Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote
Sep 10, 2014

When we visited Lanzarote in March this year on a family holiday, it felt like a compromise. OK, so it's probably going to be sunny, warm (it wasn't), and its only a few hours away ...

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Sep 10, 2014
Building the Largest Ship In the World, South Korea
Sep 1, 2014
Building the Largest Ship In the World, South Korea
Sep 1, 2014

The Maersk Triple E is the largest ship on the planet, the pride and joy of the largest shipping company in the world. The ship was a huge hit with the public last year when it docked ...

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Sep 1, 2014
The Largest Underground Particle Physics Laboratory In The World, Italy
Aug 6, 2014
The Largest Underground Particle Physics Laboratory In The World, Italy
Aug 6, 2014

Nestled 1.4 kilometers under the highest mountain in central Italy, the Gran Sasso, is the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The first experiments were conducted here in 1989 ...

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Aug 6, 2014
Inside One Of The World's Most Efficient Power Stations
Jul 22, 2014
Inside One Of The World's Most Efficient Power Stations
Jul 22, 2014

Just like the other two main power stations of Copenhagen, Svanemølleværket and H.C. Ørstedsværket, Avedøre Power Station (Avedøreværket) is a monument on the city's skyline ...

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Jul 22, 2014
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Ejnar Pedersen and PP Møbler
Jun 4, 2014
Ejnar Pedersen and PP Møbler
Jun 4, 2014

91 year old Ejnar Pedersen is one of Danish midcentury modernism's most prolific craftsmen, and founder of legendary furniture manufacturing company PP Møbler. Ejnar started PP Møbler ...

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Jun 4, 2014
Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Peru
May 12, 2014
Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Peru
May 12, 2014

"I had never been to Peru before and knew no Spanish. None of us "Gringos" knew much Spanish" says Dr. Donald Farley, ionospheric physicist and alumnus of Cornell, who ...

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May 12, 2014
Portraits Of Artists In Their Studios For MINDCRAFT 14, Milan
May 6, 2014
Portraits Of Artists In Their Studios For MINDCRAFT 14, Milan
May 6, 2014

I took a series of portraits of the artists and designers participating in MINDCRAFT 14 at Milan Design Week. The pictures were for the exhibition catalogue and were also hung ...

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May 6, 2014
H.C. Ørsted Power Station, Copenhagen
Apr 22, 2014
H.C. Ørsted Power Station, Copenhagen
Apr 22, 2014

H.C. Ørstedsværket is a natural gas fired power station in Copenhagen. Built between 1916 and 1920, the power station became the largest in Denmark and was the first to use alternating ...

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Apr 22, 2014
The Test Facilities of The European Space Agency, The Netherlands
Apr 2, 2014
The Test Facilities of The European Space Agency, The Netherlands
Apr 2, 2014

A soundsystem that is so loud you would die instantly if you were in the room when it was turned on. A huge vacuum chamber that can achieve a vacuum a billion times lower ...

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Apr 2, 2014
The Future of Nuclear Fusion, England
Mar 10, 2014
The Future of Nuclear Fusion, England
Mar 10, 2014

OK kids, it's time for a science lesson. This is Culham Centre for Fusion Energy near Oxford in England. It houses two of the world's foremost experiments into nuclear fusion energy ...

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Mar 10, 2014
Svanemølleværket Power Station, Denmark
Feb 26, 2014
Svanemølleværket Power Station, Denmark
Feb 26, 2014

Designed by architect Louis Hygom and built between 1947 and 1953, Svanemølleværket provides district heating to Copenhagen. Situated in Nordhavn to the north of the city ...

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Feb 26, 2014
The Labyrinth of Josep Pujiula, Spain
Feb 13, 2014
The Labyrinth of Josep Pujiula, Spain
Feb 13, 2014

A few years ago I was in Sweden where I visited a strange land called Ladonia, containing huge 30 meter high labyrinthine wooden sculptures built by artist Lars Vilks ..

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Feb 13, 2014
S.N.S Herning, Denmark
Feb 5, 2014
S.N.S Herning, Denmark
Feb 5, 2014

S.N.S. Herning is a knitting company based in Herning, Denmark. Founded in 1931 by Søren Nielsen Skyt, the company is famous for producing an iconic "fisherman" sweater using ...

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Feb 5, 2014
Danish Crown Slaughterhouse, Denmark
Jan 6, 2014
Danish Crown Slaughterhouse, Denmark
Jan 6, 2014

Right, I'm going to kick off this post by saying that I am not a squeamish person. I love food, I love meat, and I particularly love pork. In an ideal world, we would all get our meat from ...

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Jan 6, 2014
Avoriaz: The Enchanting Village
Jan 3, 2014
Avoriaz: The Enchanting Village
Jan 3, 2014

For the sake of posterity, I've decided to make this blog post about my exhibition "Avoriaz: The Enchanting Village". The pictures can be seen in various other posts on my blog, but here ...

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Jan 3, 2014
Tivoli Gardens, Denmark
Dec 19, 2013
Tivoli Gardens, Denmark
Dec 19, 2013

Tivoli is a magical place. I know that's what every theme park in the world wants you to think about their theme park, but in the case of Tivoli, I think there is some truth to it ...

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Dec 19, 2013
Barsebäck Nuclear Power Plant, Sweden
Nov 26, 2013
Barsebäck Nuclear Power Plant, Sweden
Nov 26, 2013

Barsebäck is a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Sweden. Situated just 20 km from Copenhagen, on the other side of the Øresund Strait, the two iconic reactors of the power plant ...

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Nov 26, 2013
Laon Cathedral, France
Oct 22, 2013
Laon Cathedral, France
Oct 22, 2013

Located in Picardy, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon is one of the most important example of the Gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries. The site of the cathedral had been ...

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Oct 22, 2013
Return to CERN, Switzerland
Oct 18, 2013
Return to CERN, Switzerland
Oct 18, 2013

This year I returned to CERN, somewhere I am lucky to visit every now and then to photograph some of the mind-boggling things that are happening there. (Check out my last visit here) ...

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Oct 18, 2013
A Short History of Beer in Lithuanian
Oct 16, 2013
A Short History of Beer in Lithuanian
Oct 16, 2013

It is hard to imagine a better job offer than being asked to travel round Lithuania with your brother and sister drinking beautiful, beautiful fresh beer, meeting crazy, friendly people ...

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Oct 16, 2013
Kempton Park Steam Engines, England
Aug 28, 2013
Kempton Park Steam Engines, England
Aug 28, 2013

These are the Kempton Park Steam Engines in London. They are huge. Built between 1926 and 1929, one of the engines, The Sir William Prescott, has been restored to ...

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Aug 28, 2013
Provençal Graveyard Portraits, France
Aug 22, 2013
Provençal Graveyard Portraits, France
Aug 22, 2013

I'm a big fan of graveyards. In Southern Europe, and doubtless in many other parts of the world, it is normal to have a portrait of the deceased attached to the gravestone, something ...

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Aug 22, 2013
Pierrot at Tivoli, Denmark
Jun 22, 2013
Pierrot at Tivoli, Denmark
Jun 22, 2013

Pierrot is the sad clown. A stock pantomime character, originating in Italy in the late 17th century, Pierrot is often portrayed as a naive fool who is in love with Columbine, who leaves him for Harlequin.

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Jun 22, 2013
Fawley Refinery, England
Apr 23, 2013
Fawley Refinery, England
Apr 23, 2013

Fawley Oil Refinery is the largest oil refinery in the UK, refining approximately 330,000 barrels of crude oil a day (20% of the UK's capacity). Owned by Esso, the refinery was established in 1921 ...

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Apr 23, 2013
Ice Floes of the North Sea, Denmark
Feb 18, 2013
Ice Floes of the North Sea, Denmark
Feb 18, 2013

This is the the North Sea, on the west coast of Denmark. The wind has blown ice floes up onto the land, and now the sea ice has crept up onto the fields which lie by the sea ...

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Feb 18, 2013
Radio Anechoic Chamber, Denmark
Feb 4, 2013
Radio Anechoic Chamber, Denmark
Feb 4, 2013

This is the radio anechoic chamber at Denmark's Technical University (DTU). It opened in 1967, and is currently operated with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the testing of ...

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Feb 4, 2013
Copenhagen Suborbitals, Denmark
Jan 25, 2013
Copenhagen Suborbitals, Denmark
Jan 25, 2013

In a small shed in the outskirts of Copenhagen's old shipyard, two amazing men and their team have a mission. They want to go into space in a home-made rocket. And they are serious ...

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Jan 25, 2013
The World's Largest Solar Furnace, France
Dec 19, 2012
The World's Largest Solar Furnace, France
Dec 19, 2012

The first time I saw the Odeillo Solar Furnace was in an article called "the 10 strangest buildings in the world" or something like that. I was amazed and I knew that I just had to go ...

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Dec 19, 2012
CERN, Switzerland
Nov 14, 2012
CERN, Switzerland
Nov 14, 2012

CERN is a wonderful place. Human beings do magnificent things there. It is the birthplace of the internet, and it is the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the worlds largest ...

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Nov 14, 2012
The Mont-Louis Solar Furnace, France
Nov 7, 2012
The Mont-Louis Solar Furnace, France
Nov 7, 2012

The Mont-Louis solar furnace, built in 1949 by Dr. Felix Trombe, is an experimental solar energy facility in the French Pyrenees. It's the first of its kind in the world, and was the ...

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Nov 7, 2012
Guildford United Reform Church, England
Oct 31, 2012
Guildford United Reform Church, England
Oct 31, 2012

I've driven past the Guildford United Reform Church countless times in my youth; the church sits on Portsmouth Road, one of the main roads out of town, and was built in 1965 ...

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Oct 31, 2012
Vestforbrænding Incineration Plant, Denmark
Oct 24, 2012
Vestforbrænding Incineration Plant, Denmark
Oct 24, 2012

Vestforbrænding in Glostrup, just outside Copenhagen, is the largest waste incineration plant in Denmark. That means it's the place where Danish rubbish ends up after it has been chucked ...

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Oct 24, 2012
The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel, England
Oct 10, 2012
The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel, England
Oct 10, 2012

The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel at the University of Southampton is one of those places that you dream of when you are a little boy. The big propellers, the science fiction atmosphere ...

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Oct 10, 2012