Useful Photography #002

Useful Photography #002 collects the pictures people took of their own belongings to sell them on internet auction sites.

The publisher’s note starts from the spread of the digital camera: once many thousands of people owned one and sold their possessions online every day, ordinary rooms turned into studios. The issue gathers what those sellers posted, in color and softcover. Hans Aarsman, Claudie de Cleen, Julian Germain, Erik Kessels and Hans van der Meer collected and edited it.

A separate Useful Photography War Special on national camouflage patterns followed in 2003, the year of issue #003.