Bertien van Manen grew up in Heerlen, at the heart of the eastern part of the former coal mining region in the Netherlands, where her father worked as an engineer for the State Mines. Living in close proximity to this industry, the surrounding culture, and tangible consequences, she also became intimately familiar with the kinds of places and people associated with it. Spanning multiple decades, this publication brings together photographs Van Manen took in various mining towns scattered arou...

Fotografe Robin de Puy herdenkt de Watersnoodramp van 1953

In 1953 voltrok zich in grote delen van Nederland een enorme natuurramp, veroorzaakt door een storm bij springtij. Fotografe Robin de Puy (°1986) portretteert zeventig jaar later een aantal bewoners van het eiland Goeree-Overflakkee, dat zwaar getroffen werd. Velen van hen hebben de Watersnoodramp zelf meegemaakt, anderen groeiden op in de schaduw van wat hun (groot)ouders hebben beleefd.

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The book "Windows of Opportunity" presents a selection of photographic work by the artist and poet Quinten De Coene. Jumping from black and white to coloured work, the eclectic series seeks to find associations between images that have been taken at random moments.

Rather than presenting a series chronologically, De Coene seeks out a series based on contrasts, composition and colours. This process allows him to detach the photograph from its meaning of time and place, and reimagine the pictor...