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How to Store Old Photographs and Negatives Properly
Learn how to protect old photographs and negatives from discolouration and damage using archival boxes, negative sleeves and photo-safe albums.
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In-depth stories
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In-depth stories, reports and distinctive themes about photographers, projects and visual culture — always with the newest article first.
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My Experience with the Fujifilm GFX System - Bas Meelker
Landscape photographer Bas Meelker shares his experience with the Fujifilm GFX system: image quality, dynamic range, colour and a calmer way of shooting.
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Minimalist Color Photography
Minimalist color photography: discover how blocks of color, light, shadow, and one strong accent can create images that feel both calm and dynamic.
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50 Years of the Polaroid 20×24: The Giant of Instant Cameras
The Polaroid 20×24 turns fifty: the story of the giant instant camera used by artists including Warhol, Adams, and Sally Mann.
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Helen Levitt: City at Play at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Helen Levitt: City at Play at Kunsthal Rotterdam presents more than 220 photographs, film, and color slides by a master of street photography.
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Creating Photo Series That Stay With You
A strong photo series is built on rhythm, return, and detail. Here is how to turn a subject into a story that stays with the viewer.
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Artemis II in Eclipse: NASA Photographs the Moon with a Nikon Z9
Using a Nikon Z9, NASA captured the Moon almost completely covering the Sun from Artemis II: a quiet eclipse seen from space.
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Your Own Portfolio Website for Photographers: From Feed to Foundation
Your own portfolio website makes your work discoverable beyond Instagram and gives clients a quick view of your style, contact details, and booking options.
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Ed van der Elsken. Up Close, at the Rijksmuseum
In Ed van der Elsken. Up Close, the Rijksmuseum presents well-known and never-before-seen photographs, contact sheets, letters and film clips from his archive.
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Win Ralph Gibson’s Personal Leica
Blind Magazine and MPB are giving away Ralph Gibson’s personal Leica M Monochrom, including a Summilux 50mm lens and signed print.
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Nature Photography with the FUJIFILM X Series
From heathlands to dark forests: discover why the FUJIFILM X Series and FUJINON wide-angle lenses are so popular with nature photographers.
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How a Professional Photographer Sees Things
A professional photographer sees light, atmosphere and body language differently—and it often shows immediately in the photos.
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The Best Places for Travel Photography in Northern Morocco
Discover photogenic travel photography locations across Northern Morocco, from blue Chefchaouen to the coast of Al Hoceima.
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Maria Austria Was Here - In Schattenberg
Maria Austria Was Here centers on Maria Austria's photographs, Schattenberg's history, and the stories of two families at Camp Westerbork.
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Erwin Olaf – Freedom | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
A retrospective of Erwin Olaf: Freedom at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, featuring iconic series and his final video work.
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Low-Light Photography
Low-light photography explained: practical settings, techniques, and fast FUJIFILM X Series lenses for sharp results.
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Designed World: Through the Eyes of Tata Ronkholz (1940–1997)
Tata Ronkholz’s first major retrospective was on view at Huis Marseille from February 14 through June 21, 2026.
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Gary Williamson - Through Their Lens
Sony and blind photographer Gary Williamson present the Through Their Lens photo collection for World Sight Day.
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World Press Photo Print Sale - 70 Prints for 70 Years
World Press Photo celebrated 70 years with 70 limited-edition archive prints in a temporary print sale and retrospective on photojournalism.
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What Have We Done? 70 Years of World Press Photo
With What Have We Done?, World Press Photo critically reflected on 70 years of photojournalism and recurring visual patterns.
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Camping Photography: Capture the Outdoors
Practical tips for capturing beautiful nature and landscape photos while camping, from gear and golden hour to creative night photography.
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World Press Photo Launches Queer Havens
The Queer Havens exhibition by World Press Photo, in collaboration with Pride Photo, was scheduled for Amsterdam in summer 2025.
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Hans Withoos | The Joy of Life
The colorful exhibition 'The Joy of Life' by photographic artist Hans Withoos was scheduled to feature 75 magical-realist works and his latest creations.
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Create an online portfolio website for photographers
Want to create a portfolio website for your photography business? Here's what you need to know.
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Photographer Sander Veeneman
Which photograph has stayed with photographer Sander Veeneman? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him.
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Dying Robert Kennedy
Bill Eppridge photographed Robert F. Kennedy shortly after the June 5, 1968 shooting at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Becoming a Photographer: How Do You Get Started? (Part 2)
Tips for starting a career in photography, Part 2, by mentor Feddo van Gogh.
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Hellen van Meene
Hellen van Meene (Alkmaar, 1972) has achieved worldwide success with her portraits of adolescent girls and women.
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Einstein's Tongue
Why did Albert Einstein stick out his tongue in that famous photograph? The story behind Arthur Sasse's iconic press image.
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Photographer Marcel van der Vlugt
Photographer Marcel van der Vlugt discusses his favorite photograph from A New Day, a personal series exploring beauty, the body, and alienation.
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Becoming a Photographer: How Do You Get Started? (1)
Tips for getting started in photography: how to approach it (part 1), by mentor Feddo van Gogh.
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Fashion and Advertising Photographer Carli Hermès
Carli Hermès discusses his favorite photograph: a freely interpreted work in a 1920s style, commissioned by Wijs & van Oostveen.
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Film: Manufactured Landscapes
The documentary Manufactured Landscapes follows photographer Edward Burtynsky through China and explores landscapes shaped by large-scale industrialization.
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When Film Meets Photography
From Blow Up to Rear Window: 10 inspiring films about photography, visual language, composition, and cinematography that every photographer should see.
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Portrait Photographer Bob Bronshoff
Which photograph has stayed with portrait photographer Bob Bronshoff? Discover why this particular image still resonates.
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News Anchor and Photographer Sacha de Boer
Which photograph has stayed with news anchor and photographer Sacha de Boer? Discover why this particular image still resonates.
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Nachtwey's Dark Clouds
He is the greatest war photographer of our time: James Nachtwey. Foam brought the acclaimed American (1948, New York) to Amsterdam.
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Pop Photographer Lex van Rossen
Lex van Rossen is regarded as a pioneer of Dutch pop photography and became known for dynamic concert photographs centered on form and composition.
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Spencer Tunick for DREAM AMSTERDAM
DREAM AMSTERDAM invited Spencer Tunick to photograph nude volunteers at secret locations around the city.
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Migrant Mother
Migrant Mother, the photograph that became an icon of the Great Depression of the 1930s, by Gertruud de Smit
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Advertising Photographer Kees Tabak
Which photograph has stayed with advertising photographer Kees Tabak? Discover why this image still resonates.
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V-J Day, Times Square, 1945 (The Kiss)
In Times Square, New York, a sailor expresses his joy by passionately kissing a nurse — Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Snapshots by Israël David Kiek
In 1860, Israël David Kiek (1811-1899) began taking portraits. The Dutch words ‘kiekje’ and ‘kieken’ most likely originated here.
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News Photographer Guus Dubbelman
Which photograph has stayed with news photographer Guus Dubbelman? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him today.
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Paparazzi Photographer Edwin Smulders
Which photograph has stayed with paparazzi photographer Edwin Smulders? Discover why this particular image remains so memorable.
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Antoine Claudet: Photography Pioneer
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797–1867) is known as a French artist, glass merchant, and one of the first commercial photographers.
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Sem Presser
A portrait of press photographer Sem Presser, from his own photo agency and wartime work to his postwar reporting and advocacy for photographers.
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Archer: Inventor of the Collodion Process
In The Chemist, Frederic Scott Archer (1813–1857) describes a new photographic process that uses collodion.
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Fotofestival Schiedam 2020
Fotofestival Schiedam (FFS) is an annual festival. Its seventh edition, held in 2020, explored the theme “Transitions.”
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Photo Exhibition: Turner, Silence in the City
The photo exhibition Turner – Silence in the City opened at the Amsterdam City Archives on August 4, 2020.
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Lee Miller – The Liberation of a Photographer
Het Uur van de Wolf: Lee Miller – The Liberation of a Photographer. Broadcast on Saturday, July 4, 2020.
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Steve McCurry’s Afghanistan Video Series at Photo London
Photo London’s autobiographical Steve McCurry video series looked back on his eye-opening first journey through Afghanistan in 1978.
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Female Photographers in the Spotlight at Hasselblad
In 2020, Hasselblad continued its Hasselblad Heroines series for a second year, highlighting seven female photographers.
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After Us, the Flood – Kadir van Lohuizen
After Us, the Flood was Kadir van Lohuizen’s documentary series about low-lying regions, broadcast on NPO 2.
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New Documentary About Ed van der Elsken
Jan Bosdriesz’s documentary about Ed van der Elsken, Lust for Life, premiered in 2019.
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Photo Exhibition: What Happened in Room 902?
In 2019, Hilton Amsterdam hosted a photo exhibition about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed-In for Peace.
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Photo Report: Conquest of the North Pole
Kadir van Lohuizen and Yuri Kozyrev show how melting Arctic ice reveals geopolitics and climate change in VPRO Tegenlicht.
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Day In, Day Out – Teun Hocks
The 2019 solo exhibition Day In, Day Out by Dutch photographer Teun Hocks (1947) at TORCH Gallery featured ten new photo-paintings.
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Erwin Olaf Double Exhibition
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and Fotomuseum Den Haag honor the renowned Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf with a double exhibition.
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The World’s Largest Private Collection of Beatles Photographs
The Unseen Beatles exhibition at 5&33 Gallery in the art'otel, because in 2019 it is exactly 55 years since The Beatles visited Amsterdam.
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Photo Exhibition: Lichtjuweel at IJplein and Sixhaven
Photo exhibition of Jan van der Horn with his 'jewel of light' on the IJplein and in the Sixhaven of Amsterdam North
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Being Places: Ellen Kooi
Being Places, a solo exhibition by Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi (born 1962) at TORCH Gallery, presented her most recent work.
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The Extraordinary Story Behind an Ordinary Photograph
In the VPRO documentary Vilshult, Tom Roes investigates the story behind a black-and-white photograph of an Amsterdam canal and a red bicycle on an IKEA poster.
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Stephan Vanfleteren Photography Exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam
In fall 2018, Kunsthal Rotterdam presented Surf Tribe, a photography exhibition by Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren.
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Marie Cécile Thijs – Between Heaven and Earth
From September 30, 2018, through January 20, 2019, Museum Jan Cunen in Oss presented a retrospective of photographer Marie Cécile Thijs.
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Dolf Toussaint Photography Exhibition (1924-2017)
Dolf Toussaint’s exhibition Amsterdam voor het voorbij is brought together photographs from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s.
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In the Light of Venus
In the Light of Venus was the title of a retrospective exhibition devoted to photographer Jan van der Horn.
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An Ode to the Polaroid Photo
An ode to the Polaroid photo: Het Uur van de Wolf featured filmmaker Willem Baptist’s documentary Instant Dreams.
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Miles Aldridge at Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam
Reflex Gallery Amsterdam presents Art History, a solo exhibition by Miles Aldridge featuring colorful, surreal photographic art and glamorous mises-en-scène.
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50 Years of Paradiso: The Exhibition
The 50 Years of Paradiso exhibition opened at the Amsterdam Museum on March 30.
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Underwater Photography at VondelCS
Harry Fayt’s Underwater Photo Exhibition ran from February 10 through March 9, 2018, at VondelCS MediaCafé in Amsterdam.
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Press Photographer Jeroen Oerlemans
A portrait of press photographer Jeroen Oerlemans, who documented conflict zones and was killed while on assignment in Sirte in 2016.
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