Photography Collection

Rineke Dijkstra, Kolobszeg, Polen, 26 July 1992, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Rineke Dijkstra is one of the well known photographers from the Netherlands. She is famous for her Beach Portraits of adolescents and a representative of internationel contemporary photography. Anton Corbijn belonging to another generation of photographers is one of the other famous dutch names like Erich Salomon and Hans Aarsman. During the past 20 years international interest in Dutch photography has grown enormously. But the last retrospective publications about the historic development of photography in the european country have been published long ago and are no longer available. Insights have changed, and national and international exchanges, exhibitions and research have added a great deal to the consideration of Dutch photography. So the Uitgeverij Waanders edited Dutch Eyes, a modern historiography following the trails of photographic developments in the Netherlands. There is one focus on the menacing nature with photos of "The flood of 1953", a second is the "View of the Other since 1850" and the photographic modernity: "Piet Zwart and Photography".

Ed van der Elsken, Adrienne Morriën and David Niang, 1969, Collection Nederlands fotomuseum

Chapters about the history of photo books after 1945 and leading photo book publishing houses take up actual interests of collectors.

Dutch Eyes: A Critical History of Photography in the Netherlands, UItgeverij Waanders, Zwolle, ISBN 978-90-400-8380-8

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Anonymous said...: A large collection of Ed van der Elskan photos can be found on-line at the Nederlands Fotomuseum. A brief biography & a few auction listings of his photographs can be found here.; July 20, 2007 2:53 PM