16 July 2025 – The Last Lone Wolf

An evening at Museum Hilversum with Dutch war photographer Eddy van Wessel marked the release of his new book, Ukraine. Van Wessel is a craftsman of the old school — patient, solitary, the last lone wolf of his sort, standing alongside legends like Don McCullin,...

14 June 2025 – FFN2025 RIP?

After a two-year absence, Foto Festival Naarden is back. I thoroughly enjoyed the 2019 edition, but 2021 left me underwhelmed (to be mild). And what about 2025? To be honest, my thoughts echo those of 2021 almost word for word: “I don’t know what it...

15 May 2025 – Underground on the Sly

May 5th, 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in The Netherlands. At that occasion, a large exhibition started at FOAM in Amsterdam, “The Underground Camera”, about the resistance fighters who, throughout the war and at their own risk, took...

1 May 2025 – Buzzling KunstRAI

40 years of KunstRAI, a large recurring modern art exhibition at RAI in Amsterdam, is worth a visit, to feel the ambiance, to check out the latest trends in art, and to experience the buzzling energy of the Amsterdam art scene. A few photography galleries were present...

23 April 2025 – Meet the Mapuche

This is a story of the Earth People, the Mapuche, torn between Argentina and Chile, forced to migrate, to loose their culture. Their resistance, their resilience to regain their lives and their existence as a cultural group. The Worldmuseum in Leiden pays tribute to...