The Netherlands is not internationally well known when it comes to artistic photography. However there is one exception and that is Erwin Olaf. Many who like his work including myself were happy surprised when in summer of 2011 a book would be presented with a retrospective of his photographic work. However before it was released [...]
The prestigious Dutch photojournalism award “Zilveren Camera” which is since 1949 handed out every year goes this year to Dutch photographer Eddy van Wessel. Eddy van Wessel received the award for a series of powerful black & white images he made in the Syrian city Aleppo. The complete series of winning images van Wessel made [...]
If you are (visiting) in Amsterdam and are a photography lover than the World Press Photo exhibition might be an interesting item on your visiting list till the 17th of June. It’s in the heart of the city center and close to one of the most popular areas, the Red light District. The exhibition is [...]
One of the most unusual ‘not special’ photo books I bought in recent years is “click!.” In short the book is a huge collection of photos’ from the famous world wide operating stock agency “Getty Images.” click! This heavy and square sized book is in Europe in conjunction with Getty images published by Endeavour, a [...]