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Minimalist Color Photography
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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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5 min
Visie & inspiratie
Helen Levitt: City at Play at Kunsthal Rotterdam
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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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3 min
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Creating Photo Series That Stay With You
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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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6 min
Ed van der Elsken. Up Close, at the Rijksmuseum
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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
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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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3 min
How a Professional Photographer Sees Things
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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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3 min
Visie & inspiratie
Maria Austria Was Here - In Schattenberg
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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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Low-Light Photography
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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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3 min
Gary Williamson - Through Their Lens
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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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4 min
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Camping Photography: Capture the Outdoors
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
Fashion Photographer Marc de Groot
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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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Photography at Huis Marseille
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Photography at Huis Marseille

Exhibitions at Huis Marseille: Juul Kraijer / Chimaera, Revealing Reality / Andres Serrano, and Lionel Wendt / Ceylon

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Mapplethorpe – Look at the Pictures
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Mapplethorpe – Look at the Pictures

Kunsthal Rotterdam toont een grote overzichtstentoonstelling van Robert Mapplethorpe, samen met de documentaire Look at the pictures.

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5 min
Vincent Peters at Kunsthuis Amsterdam
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Vincent Peters at Kunsthuis Amsterdam

Kunsthuis Amsterdam presented the first retrospective in the Netherlands of renowned German photographer Vincent Peters.

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5 min
Photographs of Amsterdam Around 1900
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Photographs of Amsterdam Around 1900

Amsterdam 1900 - Foto’s van Olie, Breitner, Eilers en tijdgenoten. In Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam is de unieke expositie te zien.

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3 min
New at MAI: Peter van der Velde
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New at MAI: Peter van der Velde

New at MAI: photographer Peter van der Velde’s work has joined the Maria Austria Institute archive.

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2 min
New at MAI: Henny Riemens
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New at MAI: Henny Riemens

Henny Riemens’s photographs were newly added to the Maria Austria Institute (MAI) image archive.

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Jeroen Swolfs and Streets of the World
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Jeroen Swolfs and Streets of the World

The article described Jeroen Swolfs’s global street-photography project at a time when six countries still remained on his itinerary.

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Photographer Marc Lagrange Dies
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Photographer Marc Lagrange Dies

Photographer Marc Lagrange, 57, was killed in a traffic accident in Tenerife on Friday evening.

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New Anton Corbijn Film: Life
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New Anton Corbijn Film: Life

Anton Corbijn’s film Life follows the friendship between photographer Dennis Stock and actor James Dean during a road trip for LIFE Magazine.

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2 min
Original Autochromes on Display
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Original Autochromes on Display

Original autochromes on display. A newly developed technique has enabled the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Leiden University to exhibit them safely.

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2 min
3,000 m² Photograph by Wim Tellier
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3,000 m² Photograph by Wim Tellier

Artist Wim Tellier creates large-scale art installations by integrating photographs into their surroundings as a form of landscape art.

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2 min
Drone Photography
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Drone Photography

Learn the basics of drone photography, from choosing a suitable drone to creating striking aerial photos and videos, with the rules as described in 2015.

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6 min
Photography in Nicaragua
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Photography in Nicaragua

Photography in Nicaragua: photographer and travel editor Tom van der Leij journeys from Peru to Mexico and describes what catches his eye along the way.

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