Fotomuseum Den Haag

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Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Established2002 (2002)
LocationStadhouderslaan 43
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°5′26″N4°16′47″E / 52.09056°N 4.27972°E / 52.09056; 4.27972
Type Art museum
DirectorBenno Tempel
Curator Wim van Sinderen
Website www.km21.nl

The Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague Museum of Photography) is a museum in the field of photography in The Hague. The museum was founded in 2002 [1] as part of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and works closely with the Print Room of the Leiden University Library.

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Building

The museum is located next to the Kunstmuseum The Hague in the Schamhart Wing (1961-1962) designed by the architects Sjoerd Schamhart and J.F. Heijligers. This exhibition wing was built as an extension of the Haags Gemeentemuseum.

The Photo Museum was expanded from 400 to 1,000 square meters in 2016 at the expense of GEM for contemporary art museum, also located in the building. This created the opportunity and space, in addition to the work of established names in the photography world, to show smaller historical exhibitions and the work of promising emerging talent.

Exhibitions

Opening of the exhibition Hungry Planet in 2015 about photographer Peter Menzel at the ground floor of the museum. Hungry Planet (22063211989).jpg
Opening of the exhibition Hungry Planet in 2015 about photographer Peter Menzel at the ground floor of the museum.

Each year, the Fotomuseum Den Haag organizes approximately six exhibitions on the most diverse periods, disciplines and genres of photographic history, whereby the focus is often on the image of man.

In exhibition current photographers, such as Desiree Dolron, [2] [3] Loretta Lux [4] and Gregory Crewdson, [5] are alternated with overviews of classics such as Emmy Andriesse, [6] Edward S. Curtis and Leonard Freed. [7]

Underexposed and unknown reputations and oeuvres are prominently presented by the Photo Museum The Hague, such as those of Gerard Fieret, Willem van de Poll and the Dutch years of fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld.

Socially relevant photo projects by contemporary photographers are regularly shown, such as the series on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by Friso Keuris, the intimate sexual intercourse between older people by Marrie Bot or the primeval landscapes threatened by man by Anja de Jong.

Annual photo price

From 2006 to 2015, the museum was associated with an important annual photo prize: the Silver Camera for press photography in the Netherlands. Also from 2009 to 2013, The Photo Academy Award was also associated with the Fotomuseum Den Haag.

Organization

The Photo Museum The Hague is part of the Kunstmuseum The Hague. The director is Benno Tempel, deputy director is Hans Buurman and the curator of the photo museum is Wim van Sinderen. [8] [9]

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References

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  2. 25 Feb — 16 May 2005; Retrospective ; DESIREE DOLRON at fotomuseumdenhaag.nl. Accessed 04.12.2021.
  3. Anita Twaalfhoven en Truus Gubbels. Kunst of geen kunst? De plaats van fotografie in de beeldende kunsten, Boekman 63 Fotografie, 2012.
  4. Sandra Smets, "Wreed verstoten uit het kinderparadijs," NRC Handelsblad. 18 februari 2006.
  5. "Gregory Crewdson: FOTOMUSEUM DEN HAAG," NRC Handelsblad. 4 januari 2007
  6. Hans den Hartog Jager. "Foto's Andriesse verrassend modern," NRC Handelsblad. 7 oktober 2003.
  7. Eddie Marsman, "Tijdloze breekbaarheid van een humanist," NRC Handelsblad. 16 oktober 2007
  8. "Een eerste indruk van de inzendingen," NRC Handelsblad. 10 januari 2015.
  9. Jos Jägers. "Nederland Fotografeert het thema ‘Naakt’," NRC Handelsblad, 25 juni 2016.