dinsdag 21 februari 2017

Ed van der Elsken

At the same Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam where I saw Tinguely, is a magnificient overview of the photographic and filmic work of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) in twenty five years. He was renowed as a street photographer and is recognized as the most important Dutch of the 20th century.

He was a unique figure and made many travels to big cities as Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong. 

But his streetphotos of Amsterdam I like most.

This was in the fifties and sixties a common sight in Amsterdam. A motorist didn't use his brakes very well and drove his car into a canal. The fire brigade had to come to hoist it up. At a certain moment  little fences were placed along the sides but even than some got over it. Now everyone wants the cars to ban out of the historic innercity. But that is an endless discussion here.
Have a look at the Museum website for more pictures and a video "here"
Linking to "Our World Tuesday"

16 opmerkingen:

  1. Oh I would love to see this exhibit...it is one of my favorite types of photography. Great post!

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  2. Thank you for introducing me to this fine artist!

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  3. een tentoonstelling die me de moeite meer dan waard lijkt Marianne...

    prettig dag

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  4. Zo´n foto expositie geeft ook meteen een blik in de geschiedenis.

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  5. Lovely exhibition. I quite like the last photo of the car being fished out of the river.

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  6. Sounds like a wonderful exhibition. I would enjoy seeing it.

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  7. He had quite a vivid style!

    Every once in awhile a car ends up in the canal here too.

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  8. Street photographers do us all a service with their photos. They leave us a history of life on the streets.

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  9. There is a photograph exhibit here in the National Gallery of Art's East Building that has done something similar with mural-size images. I think the photographer's name is Barbara Kruger.

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  10. One artist can tell us so much about life.

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  11. I like the photo on the wall in your second shot.

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  12. Amazing photographic exhibition Marianne. I love the black and white street photography from that era, and to think they were taken using film.. much trickier than digital ☺

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