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Top 10 photogenic holiday destinations in Greece
Greece's top 10 photogenic holiday destinations including Crete, Lesbos, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Corfu, Chios, Samos, Zakynthos
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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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PHOTOGRAPHER | National Geographic Documentary
National Geographic Documentary with the brand new docuseries 'PHOTOGRAPHER' follows seven world-famous photographers, each with their own unique expertise
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The Photography of Ai Weiwei at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam, with a focus on his photographic work
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The Light Jewel of Butterfly and Fairies
The Light Jewel of Butterfly and Fairies: Light images by Jan van der Horn behind windows Kalkmarkt
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Anton Corbijn - MOØDe
The MOØDe exhibition presents fashion through Anton Corbijn's lens, with portraits of Kate Moss, Tom Waits and Alexander McQueen.
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10 Great Photography Apps for Your Smartphone
Ten great apps for smartphone photography: discover which ones are worth your attention and what you can use them for.
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Maria Austria Institute December 2023 Offer
The Maria Austria Institute’s December 2023 offer featured winter photographs by Maria Austria, Kees Scherer and Cor van Weele.
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Rob Hornstra - Ordinary People
With the exhibition Ordinary People, The Hague Museum of Photography offers a new look at the twenty-year oeuvre of Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra
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Top Dutch photographers under the hammer
Exclusive photography auction at Adams, December 11-12: works by Erwin Olaf, Ruud van Empel, Sanne Sannes, Hendrik Kerstens
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Global Shutter Technology in Cameras
The benefits of global shutter technology in cameras explained
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Winter Extravaganza - exhibition Gert Kist
Winter Extravaganza - exhibition Gert Kist. Art photographer Gert Kist opens 'Art Villa Gooi' in Hilversum.
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Cor Jaring | Neighborhood views and harbor portraits
Cor Jaring | Neighborhood views and harbor portraits — from November 17 at Het Scheepvaartmuseum, marking ten years since the photographer’s death.
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Lucebert - Also a poet as a photographer
Lucebert - Also a poet as a photographer. Photo exhibition in honor of the 100th anniversary of Lucebert's birth (1924 – 1994) at Fotomuseum The Hague
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Hope & Fear: Afghanistan Through the Lens of Hedayat Amid
Hope & Fear: Hedayat Amid’s compelling photographs of Afghanistan, made before the photographer was forced to flee the country.
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5 Tips for Choosing Photo Wallpaper
Choosing photo wallpaper? These 5 tips will help you consider the design, dimensions, ceiling, material, and lighting for a result that suits your space.
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Steef Zoetmulder (1911-2004) - Kunsthal Rotterdam
Exhibition of photographer Steef Zoetmulder (1911-2004), a key figure in post-war Dutch art photography, at Kunsthal
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Graduation work for Photo Academy students 2023
Young photography talent: more than thirty students from the Amsterdam Photo Academy will present their creations in Loods 6 from May 25 to 26, 2023.
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Gregory Crewdson | Eveningside
Reflex Amsterdam presented the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by American photographer Gregory Crewdson from March 11 to May 6, 2023.
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Famous photograph from the 1912 Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica
Antarctic ice cave photograph from the British Terra Nova expedition of 1910, shortly before five men died returning from the South Pole
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‘Afrique Sauvage’ – Photographer Robby Bolleyn
The exhibition 'Afrique Sauvage' is a solo exhibition by the Belgian photographer Robby Bolleyn. November 5 to December 17, 2022 at Galerie Persoon
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All Those Amsterdam People… Photos 1935–1975
All Those Amsterdam People… Photos 1935–1975, shown at Amsterdam City Archives in 2022.
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Koh Sang Woo – Wild in Blue
A solo exhibition by the American-Korean visual artist Koh Sang Woo - Wild in blue
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Sixteen Leading Photographers in the FLASH | BACK Exhibition
Sixteen top photographers in the exhibition FLASH | BACK, Erwin Olaf, Rineke Dijkstra, Anton Corbijn, Sanja Marušić and Ahmet Polat
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Artists from the Vietnamese Diaspora at Huis Marseille
Nhu Xuan Hua, Danh Vo & Diane Severin Nguyen: artists from the Vietnamese diaspora in Huis Marseille
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The Announced Closure of Franke & Heidecke
A look back at the planned closure of Franke & Heidecke and the uncertain future of the Rolleiflex.
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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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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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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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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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Celebrated Photojournalist Vincent Mentzel
Celebrated photojournalist Vincent Mentzel shows no sign of stopping: his camera has been clicking since the 1960s.
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Irian Jaya: Photographing in New Guinea
Travel photography: photographer Tom van der Leij in Irian Jaya, the Indonesian part of New Guinea.
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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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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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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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Leading Photographers Exhibit for Peace at the Hilton
Forty years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed-in for Peace, leading photographers presented exhibitions on peace and history at Hilton Amsterdam.
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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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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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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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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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Advertising Photographer Vincent Kruijt
Advertising photographer Vincent Kruijt discusses his favorite image, created for the Rotterdam advertising agency ARA.
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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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Leatherwork
Ben Seelt photographs tanneries in Marrakesh and recounts an unexpected purchase in the medina.
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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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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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Olympic Flame: Adam Pretty on Sports Photography
Sports photographer Adam Pretty discusses four Olympic images from Sydney and Athens—and timing, risk, and freedom in sports photography.
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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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Lomo: The Rejection of Conventional Photography
Lomo rejects conventional photography. Lomography has a high fun factor: it is elusive, yet keeps drawing people back.
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Fashion Photographer Marc de Groot
Marc de Groot explains why, at publication, his 2005 portrait of Chloë Sevigny for Italian Elle remained his favorite fashion photograph.
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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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