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Spencer Tunick – Public Interventions
Solo exhibition Public Interventions by American photographer Spencer Tunick at Reflex Amsterdam from September 17 to November 1, 2022
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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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Spotlight on photographer Rolf Blomberg’s oeuvre
Discover the work of photographer and explorer Rolf Blomberg, who made some 35,000 black-and-white photographs during his expeditions.
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Holland Festival at 75 – MAI Anniversary Offer
A special Maria Austria Institute print offer marking the 75th anniversary of the Holland Festival.
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Vivian Maier. The Self-Portrait and Its Double
Vivian Maier. The Self-Portrait and Its Double, photography exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
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Design on the Vecht - Buitenplaats Doornburgh
Vorm aan de Vecht at Buitenplaats Doornburgh brought together design, art, fashion, and photography in a former monastery.
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Photographer Julius Rooymans’ Exhibition: The Shadow of the Master
Julius Rooymans exhibited The Shadow of the Master at Wanrooij Gallery in Amsterdam from March 10 through May 14, 2022.
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Teun Hocks: June 10, 1947 – February 27, 2022
Visual artist Teun Hocks, a pioneer of Dutch staged photography, died on February 27, 2022, at age 74.
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Hasselblad Heroines 2022
Hasselblad Heroines returned in 2022 to spotlight female photographers for the fourth year.
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Twenty Years of Photography Along South Africa’s Most Beautiful Coastline
In Transkei in Transition, Tom van der Leij revisits residents of South Africa’s Wild Coast after twenty years, documenting tradition and change.
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Using a Trail Camera for Wildlife Photography
A trail camera, also known as a camera trap or wildlife camera, automatically photographs wild animals without alerting them.
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Hans Withoos Exhibits at Museum Flehite
Photographer Hans Withoos exhibited at Museum Flehite in Amersfoort in Another Light on Withoos, on view from December 12, 2021, through May 8, 2022.
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Searching for the Soul of Servicestations
Searching for the Soul of Servicestations examines gas stations as contested yet fascinating sites through images spanning their past, present, and future.
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Time & Tide: Panoramic Photographs by Siebe Swart
Time & Tide: an impressive series of panoramic black-and-white photographs by photographer Siebe Swart.
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Unseen Amsterdam 2021
Unseen Amsterdam photography art fair: September 17, 18, and 19, 2021, at the Westergas grounds.
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Crying Boys - Noah Valentyn
Crying Boys by Noah Valentyn: a photo exhibition at Rijksmuseum Muiderslot in Muiden.
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Eddy Posthuma de Boer
A portrait of social documentary photographer Eddy Posthuma de Boer, who photographed Amsterdam, literary life, and people in more than eighty countries.
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Women by Women – Exhibition at Kahmann Gallery
Women by Women was a Kahmann Gallery photography exhibition about women, by women, held from June 19 through August 29, 2021.
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Earn Money by Sharing Your Photos with Relica
Relica is a photo-sharing app that can earn you money. Share your photos with the Relica web app.
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Photography Trips in the Netherlands, Europe, and Beyond
De Fotoreisshop specializes in photography trips in the Netherlands, across Europe, and to destinations farther afield.
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Hasselblad Heroines 2021
Hasselblad Heroines 2021 continues the series for a third year, spotlighting women photographers
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Annelies Damen Photo Prints to Raise Funds for Kenya
Photographer Annelies Damen released two limited editions in 2020 to raise funds for a girls’ school in Lamu, Kenya.
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Free Exclusive Webinar with Photographer Jimmy Nelson
Jimmy Nelson: A Journey of Connection—an exclusive free webinar with the photographer, held on November 6, 2020.
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Angels of the Sea Exhibition – Stephan Vanfleteren
Stephan Vanfleteren’s Angels of the Sea exhibition was shown at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.
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The Tao of Wetland Photography – Photographer Bas Breetveld
Beavers in the mist and wetland photography: Dutch photographer Bas Breetveld made the Biesbosch his second home.
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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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