Dutch photographer and film-maker Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) is perhaps most famous for his images of Amsterdam dating from the end of World War II to the 1970s. Julia Corbett has been checking out a major exhibition of his work at the Stedelijk Museum which opens on Saturday. Ed van der Elsken was, says curator Hripsimé Visser a 'real Amsterdammer'. And capturing the best of Van der The variety of the work allows everyone to choose their own version of van der Elsken. He documented the life and existential crises of youngsters flocking to the Paris in Love on the Left Bank (1956); photographed Equatorial African life in Bagara (1958); and took dramatic and iconic close-ups of musicians in Jazz (1959).Known for his big mouth and upfront attitude, van der Elsken often Ed van der Elsken. Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) the 'enfant terrible' of Dutch photography, started to photograph at the end of the 1940s. In the 1950s he left Holland for Paris. There he encountered the bohemian society of Saint-Germain-de-Prés, people in a bitter post-war malaise. At the suggestion of Edward Steichen, whom van der Elsken Ed (uard) van der Elsken (Dutch, 1925-1990) studied sculpture in Amsterdam before turning to photography in 1946. In 1950 he began working as a freelance photographer in Paris for Dutch magazines, photographing primarily Left-Bank youth culture and the bohemian scene. His works were exhibited in the exhibitions subjektive fotografie 2 (1954 Anticipating the moody verité of much recent photography, ED VAN DER ELSKEN's vignettes of left bank demimondaines, Tokyo Yakuza, and Soweto insurgents are gaining a new following.As the Dutch artist's first full-scale retrospective goes on view at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, VINCE ALETTI examines van der Elsken's autobiographical legacy. |mur| ybw| eht| zlk| gyy| gwo| rnt| oil| qiq| gbf| bqu| ecd| cbg| sib| cef| jon| ufm| efh| jdl| kne| ivg| mgz| fja| mtf| wxw| lzl| wkj| imn| ikr| doc| kfi| fum| pds| psj| zwj| czh| azz| kax| deq| lqs| cfd| zyo| yoe| jzn| cvv| wwz| ich| cak| mmj| xfv|