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Rob Hornstra - Ordinary People

9 December 2023 - 17 March 2024 In the retrospective exhibition Ordinary People , Fotomuseum Den Haag offers a fresh look at the work of Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra (1975). Over the last twenty years, Hornstra has created a human portrait of his own time by photographing people in their everyday situations, with a focus on Russia and Europe. Everywhere he goes, he looks for everyday scenes...

Boris Mikhailov

Ukrainian Diary 30 March - 18 August 2024 Ukrainian Diary is the largest retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands devoted to the Ukrainian photographer and artist Boris Mikhailov (1938). Since the 1960s, Mikhailov has been one of the few artists to create a compelling picture of the tumultuous changes in his country. He deliberately employs ‘bad photography’ – the conscious avoidance of...

Generasi 3.0 – The Stories We Carry

11 October 2025 - 22 March 2026 How do you deal with a family history that is tightly interwoven with our colonial past? In the exhibition Generasi 3.0 – The Stories We Carry, nine photographers, artists and makers delve into their family histories, which are rooted in the former Dutch East Indies. The search for a better understanding of their origins transcends their individual journeys. Their...

Ruben Lundgren - Flowers in the Mirror

4 April – 23 August 2026 As a 21-year-old photography student, Ruben Lundgren (The Netherlands, 1983) travelled to China and decided to stay. From the struggle with his queer identity, he developed a lasting fascination with the medium of photography and the tension between image and reality. The facade that he allowed to fall turned out to be a metaphor for the country in which he allows himself...