Sigvart Wilhelm Theodor Werner (13 June 1872 – 2 September 1959) was a

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amateur photographer who gained fame through his artistic landscape photographs, published in book form. Encouraged by the success of his early work ''Dyrehaven og Jægersborg Hegn'' (1919), between 1927 and 1940, he published a series of 15 photographic volumes, each covering one of the country's regions. Among the most popular were ''Bornholm'' and ''Nordsjælland''. He was so motivated by the

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movement that he not only tried to present nature as it was but touched up his photographs whenever he could. Werner's photographs of

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present all the well-known sights and monuments in their very best light, including the

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, the

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and the

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. He is careful to avoid any shots of disadvantaged areas or untidy streets. If the prints are compared with the original negatives, it will be noticed that they have often been significantly altered. For example, the fisherwoman has been removed from

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and the

can be seen rising behind the

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.Lars Schwander, Sigvart Werner & København. From Photography.dk
. . Retrieved 15 February 2010. His earlier work is generally considered to be his best.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Sigvart 1872 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Danish photographers Danish photographers

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