photo: © Arjan Bronkhorst Photography – Canal Houses
The photo book Amsterdam Canal Houses tells the story of four centuries of life along Amsterdam’s elegant canals.
An Asset to the City – NRC Handelsblad
Overwhelming Opulence Behind World-Famous Facades – de Volkskrant
Envy-Inducing Interiors of Private City Palaces – Elle Decoration
Splendor on the Canal – Der Spiegel
In the 17th century, wealthy merchants and regents built these imposing city palaces. Rich and powerful Amsterdam was the center of the world. In the centuries that followed, the houses were occupied by their heirs and by newcomers to the canals.
People still live in these enormous canal houses today. Across more than four hundred pages, the book showcases these residents and their unparalleled interiors . It is a must-see book for photographers.
As the grand finale of the Year of the Canals, the large and prestigious photo book Amsterdam Canal Houses was published. In his distinctive, characterful style, Arjan Bronkhorst photographed 30 city palaces and their residents. Amsterdam’s canal houses had never been shown this way before. The book broke records and became a bestseller. Its first printing sold out within one month.
Texts by art historian Koos de Wilt and de Volkskrant editor Marc van den Eerenbeemt.
Introduction by Prof. Dr. Gabri van Tussenbroek, University of Amsterdam professor of urban identity and monuments.
Foreword by the late mayor Eberhard van der Laan.
Design by Studio Berry Slok.
The book is fully bilingual, in Dutch and English. Translation by Sam Herman.
Amsterdam Canal Houses, 5th edition – Arjan Bronkhorst
Pages: 416
Price: €49.50
Publisher: Lectura Cultura B.V.
ISBN: 9789082135404
