5 February 2022 – Vincent Mentzel again

After being dazzled by Mentzel in Hilversum in December 2021, the Rijksmuseum gives a large retrospective of his oeuvre in Amsterdam. One can wonder about the programming of these exhibits so close to one another. I also wonder if the curators talk on a regular basis...

30 January 2022 – Under the tropics

After a drought of more than a month due to Covid lockdown, the museums have finally reopened their doors. This weekend was an occasion to go under the tropics at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam where a small exhibit “Through the lens of” has been awaiting...

24 December 2021 – Christmas everyday

With the recent publication of new photography magazines, here in The Netherlands and in France, it seems that Christmas is everyday. At least, it is a renewed feast for the eyes. From the avant-gardist Fisheye, to the homage to photo reporters in Like, to the posh Pf...

18 December 2021 – This is us

Another weird exhibit at the Fotomuseum Den Haag. This time, it is an exhibit of photographs literally dug out of nowhere. A photographer, Ernst Lalleman, found a box full of large-format negatives in a squatted building in The Hague in 1984. These photographs were...