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Nature Photography Close to Home
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Nature Photography Close to Home

Discover some of the best nature photography locations in the Netherlands and learn when to visit, what to look for, and what gear to bring.

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New Photo and Video Apps with AI from 2025
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New Photo and Video Apps with AI from 2025

Discover Edits, Artisse AI, Lushfoil Photography Sim, and Photoshop for iPhone: creative apps and tools for photo, video, and AI editing.

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3 min
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FotoFestival Naarden Returns After Four Years
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FotoFestival Naarden Returns After Four Years

FotoFestival Naarden returns after four years with Erwin Olaf’s final photos, from Friday, June 13 through Sunday, July 6, 2025.

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2 min
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How to Find Work as a Wedding Photographer
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How to Find Work as a Wedding Photographer

Want to find more work as a wedding photographer? Use your own website, social media, and wedding platforms to reach engaged couples.

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2 min
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Scarlett Hooft Graafland. Mesmerizing
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Scarlett Hooft Graafland. Mesmerizing

On March 29, Museum Panorama Mesdag presents the Scarlett Hooft Graafland exhibition. Mesmerizing.

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1 min
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Les Ruines de Paris - Galerie Fontana
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Les Ruines de Paris - Galerie Fontana

AI photography exhibition “Les Ruines de Paris” at Galerie Fontana, featuring Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, February 8–May 3, 2025.

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2 min
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Your own photo on aluminum: the advantages
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Your own photo on aluminum: the advantages

Read why a photo on aluminum gives a sleek presentation and what advantages the light, strong material offers for photos in the home.

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3 mins
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Capturing Body Heat: Photography in BODY HEAT
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Capturing Body Heat: Photography in BODY HEAT

BODY HEAT at Droog explores the relationship between body, climate, emotion and movement with photography, sculptures, installations and multimedia.

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2 minutes
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Chris Killip - Retrospective
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Chris Killip - Retrospective

A retrospective of more than a hundred works by Chris Killip about communities in Northern England and the consequences of economic downturn.

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2 minutes
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The most expensive camera and lenses
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The most expensive camera and lenses

The Leica 0 with serial number 105 is almost 100 years old, and the prototype of this camera was sold in 2022 for no less than 14.4 million euros.

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1 min
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3 creative ways to display your photos at home
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3 creative ways to display your photos at home

Your best photos deserve more than a place on your computer. Discover three creative ways to display your photography stylishly at home.

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3 minutes
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Tips for the school photo
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Tips for the school photo

Tips for a successful school photo. Both the students and the school photographer achieve the best results for a school photo.

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4 min
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Photography while cycling
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Photography while cycling

Tips for taking photographs on a long bicycle ride through a city or the countryside.

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7 minutes
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The fascinating history of Polaroid
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The fascinating history of Polaroid

The fascinating history of Polaroid: from Edwin Land and the first instant cameras to the modern comeback of analog photography.

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5 minutes
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Fashion Photographer Bart van Leeuwen
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Fashion Photographer Bart van Leeuwen

Which photograph has stayed with fashion photographer Bart van Leeuwen? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him.

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2 min
Visie & inspiratie
Heligoland as a Photography Destination
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Heligoland as a Photography Destination

Discover Heligoland for nature photography, with tips for photographing northern gannets, seabirds, and seals, plus lens advice and the best time to visit.

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2 min
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Photography in Cyprus
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Photography in Cyprus

Travel photography: photographer Tom van der Leij travels the world. All kinds of subjects appear before his lens. One spring, he ended up in Cyprus.

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3 min
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Kodachrome: The End
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Kodachrome: The End

Kodachrome was renowned for its sharpness, lasting colors, and distinctive look. Kodak discontinued it, and production ended for good in 2010.

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2 min
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Photographer Marcel Molle
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Photographer Marcel Molle

Marcel Molle explains how an ING assignment marked his transition from black-and-white photojournalism to commercial photography.

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4 min
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Photographing in Rio de Janeiro
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Photographing in Rio de Janeiro

Photographing in the global city of Rio de Janeiro. Photographer Tom van der Leij travels the world, capturing all kinds of subjects along the way.

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5 min
Beeldverhalen
Urban Exploration Photography
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Urban Exploration Photography

Obscure, thrilling, beautiful... urban exploration photography is all of these things for those who practice this discipline.

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3 min
Fotocultuur
Documentary Photographer Marcel van den Bergh
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Documentary Photographer Marcel van den Bergh

Which photograph has stayed with documentary photographer Marcel van den Bergh? Discover why this particular image remains so memorable.

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3 min
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Niger: Photographing in the Sahel
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Niger: Photographing in the Sahel

Travel photography: photographer Tom van der Leij travels the world. In May 2008, his journey took him to the African country of Niger.

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4 min
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Sports Photographer Pim Ras
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Sports Photographer Pim Ras

Pim Ras describes his photo essay for Médecins Sans Frontières in Congo, applying his distinctive aesthetic and use of color.

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4 min
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Kadir van Lohuizen Travels the World
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Kadir van Lohuizen Travels the World

A portrait of documentary photographer Kadir van Lohuizen, exploring his vision, working methods and travels around the world.

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4 min
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Documentary Photographer Robin Utrecht
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Documentary Photographer Robin Utrecht

Which photograph has stayed with documentary photographer Robin Utrecht? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him.

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4 min
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Nature Photographer Ruben Smit
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Nature Photographer Ruben Smit

Which photograph has stayed with nature photographer Ruben Smit? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him.

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4 min
Visie & inspiratie
Advertising Photographer Vincent Kruijt
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Advertising Photographer Vincent Kruijt

Advertising photographer Vincent Kruijt discusses his favorite image, created for the Rotterdam advertising agency ARA.

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4 min
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Documentary Photographer Ahmet Polat
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Documentary Photographer Ahmet Polat

Ahmet Polat discusses photography, his dual identity in the Netherlands and Turkey, and an intimate image of two women in the sea near Izmir.

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4 min
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Leatherwork
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Leatherwork

Ben Seelt photographs tanneries in Marrakesh and recounts an unexpected purchase in the medina.

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2 min
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Martin Parr, Satirist in Pictures
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Martin Parr, Satirist in Pictures

A 2008 look at Martin Parr’s satire, humor, and influential color photography, written after his lecture at Amsterdam’s Fotoacademie.

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3 min
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Fashion and Advertising Photographer Andy Tan
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Fashion and Advertising Photographer Andy Tan

Which photograph has stayed with fashion and advertising photographer Andy Tan? Discover why this particular image still resonates with him.

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2 min
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Landscape Photography - Part 3
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Landscape Photography - Part 3

This final installment on landscape photography covers a trip to Norway, focusing on preparation, changing light, water, and fall colors.

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2 min
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Fotofestival Schiedam 2020
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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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3 min
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Photo Report: Conquest of the North Pole
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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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2 min
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Day In, Day Out – Teun Hocks
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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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2 min
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Erwin Olaf Double Exhibition
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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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2 min
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Being Places: Ellen Kooi
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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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2 min
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The Extraordinary Story Behind an Ordinary Photograph
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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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3 min
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Marie Cécile Thijs – Between Heaven and Earth
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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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2 min
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In the Light of Venus
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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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2 min
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An Ode to the Polaroid Photo
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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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2 min
Fotocultuur
Miles Aldridge at Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam
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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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1 min
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