'Kindred Spirits'

Péter Nádas and Hungarian Photography 1912-2003

25 September 2004 - 3 January 2005

This autumn, celebrated Hungarian author Péter Nádas (b. 1942) is to be guest curator at the Hague Museum of Photography. The museum has invited him to devise an exhibition throwing light on the development of modern Hungarian photography from the First World War era to the end of the 1960s.

Twins

Mary Ellen Mark

20 November 2004 - 20 February 2005

Mary Ellen Mark (1940) can safely be said to be one of the most important photographers in the world today. Mark created the  series Twins using the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. She set up a studio in a tent at the fairgrounds of the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Donation by Wally Elenbaas

20 November 2004 - 20 February 2005

The photographic collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has been enriched this year by a donation of over sixty photographs by 93-year-old Rotterdam artist-photographer Wally Elenbaas. In gratitude for the artist’s donation, the Hague Museum of Photography is organising an exhibition focusing on the new acquisitions.

Desiree Dolron

Retrospective

25 February 2005 - 16 May 2005

Desiree Dolron (b.1963) is well-known both for her penetrating travel reportages and for her staged photographs. She is internationally reputed to be one of the most successful Dutch photographers in the world today. The Hague Museum of Photography is about to present the first ever major retrospective of her work.

The Liberation of The Hague

28 April 2005 - 22 May 2005

The Liberation of The Hague

Helena van der Kraan

Retrospective

21 May 2005 - 21 August 2005

The photographic oeuvre of Rotterdam artist and photographer Helena van der Kraan, spanning a period of over 35 years, consists mainly of portraits, still lifes and documentary pictures of everyday life.

Ruud van der Peijl

Rude. Portraits of State

27 August 2005 - 13 November 2005

‘King of Style’ Ruud van der Peijl is about to launch his photographic career with his installation Rude. With a passing nod to Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ruud van der Peijl reveals the reality behind some of finest illusions of our time.