Fotomuseum Den Haag Stadhouderslaan 43 | Postbus 72 | 2517 HV Den Haag
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Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus
The exhibition Women on the Front Line – Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus rejects the notion that war photography is a man’s business. It highlights the work of eight female photographers who bravely stood their ground in dangerous, male-dominated situations on the front lines, from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) to the battlefields of Afghanistan in 2014. The exhibition...
Talks on War Photography Today among others Susan Meiselas & Carolyn Cole
A Poet Photographer
To mark the centenary of the birth of the versatile artist Lucebert (1924 – 1994), in 2024 the Fotomuseum Den Haag is hosting an intimate exhibition that highlights his photography. Lucebert is best known as a painter and poet. That he was also a fanatical photographer for a brief period is less well known. Unlike many photographers of his time who used photography to represent reality, Lucebert...
Lobby - Between Green Deals and Ideals
LOBBY – Between Green Deals and Ideals is a photographic research project by Suzanne Schols, once a lobbyist and now a photographer, that aims to increase the visibility and transparency of the world of lobbying. She has focused specifically on the Brussels climate lobby and has contacted a large number of organisations that wanted to influence the European Green Deal, for which Frans Timmermans...
The Canary and the Hammer - Lisa Barnard
With The Canary and the Hammer, Fotomuseum Den Haag presents the first museum exhibition of the British photographer Lisa Barnard (UK, 1967). The Canary and the Hammer is a documentary photography project in which Barnard exposes the role of gold in the capitalist system. The financial crisis of 2008 prompted her to explore her curiosity about this important metal: when the economy takes a...
The Canary and the Hammer
With The Canary and the Hammer, Fotomuseum Den Haag presents the first museum exhibition of the British photographer Lisa Barnard (UK, 1967). The Canary and the Hammer is a documentary photography project in which Barnard exposes the role of gold in the capitalist system. The financial crisis of 2008 prompted her to explore her curiosity about this important metal: when the economy takes a...
Retrospective
In this retrospective exhibition of the British photographer Chris Killip (1946-2020), Fotomuseum Den Haag presents the work of a great photographer who is still relatively unknown to the general public.
Chris Killip is considered one of the most influential post-war British photographers, praised for his empathetic and, above all, honest documentary vision. This survey brings together more...
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...
Women on the Front Line
Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus 19 augustus - 26 november 2023 The exhibition Women on the Front Line – Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus rejects the notion that war photography is a man’s business. It highlights the work of eight female photographers who bravely stood their ground in dangerous, male-dominated situations on the front lines, from the Spanish Civil...