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The postcard collection consists of 21 folders organized according to thematic and geographical categories.<\/span><\/p>\n In the exhibition With an eye for the S\u00e1mi<\/em>, you can see postcards from the first decade after this visual medium was introduced in the 1800s, collotypes with watercolour glazes applied by hand, pictures made by professional photographers and recognized artists, as well as often-imaginative contributions from amateurs. <\/span><\/p>\n A boom in tourism in the early 1900s spurred the mass-production of photographic postcards. As a travel destination, the exotic North was shrouded in romantic notions about Europe\u2019s last wilderness \u2013 a place where people still lived in harmony with everything in the Creation. Exaggerations and stereotypes characterize the earliest postcards. Geographical and cultural distance made an impact, as so did political and ideological conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n Alan Borvo\u2019s visits in the North and his genuine interest in S\u00e1mi culture resulted in a large private collection of objects and children\u2019s drawings as well, that have been exhibited several places in Europe. His collection of S\u00e1mi children’s drawings was donated to S\u00e1mi allaskuvla \u2013 S\u00e1mi University of Applied Sciences in 2015. Stories about this collection are published in Alan Borvo’s book Fra lapper til samer<\/em> (From Lapps to the S\u00e1mi) in Norwegian and S\u00e1mi. The book is displayed in the exhibition and is for sale in the museum shop.<\/span><\/p>\n The exhibition With an eye for the S\u00e1mi<\/em> was originally created by Perspektivet Museum<\/a>, with support from the S\u00e1mi Parliament. The exhibition was on display in Troms\u00f8 in the period 09.12.2017 \u2013 24.04.2018.<\/span><\/p>\n The exhibition at RDM \u2013 The S\u00e1mi Museum in Karasjok is produced in collaboration with Perspektivet Museum. Thanks to our partners in the project Taking back the museum <\/em><\/a>(funded by Kone Foundation & Uniarts Helsinki – The University of the Arts),\u00a0<\/span>Hanna Guttorm and <\/span>Lea Kantonen for their work with the exhibition design.<\/span><\/p>\n