Bertien van Manen
Haarlem , 1978
silver gelatin print
vintage print
printed in 1978-1980
vintage print
printed in 1978-1980
image: 17 x 25 cm
paper: 22.5 x 28.5 cm
frame: 36 x 43 cm
paper: 22.5 x 28.5 cm
frame: 36 x 43 cm
Tunisian family in small one-room house. 'In 1975 Bertien van Manen embarked on a project of her own: photographing the living and working conditions of migrant women in the Netherlands....
Tunisian family in small one-room house.
"In 1975 Bertien van Manen embarked on a project of her own: photographing the living and working conditions of migrant women in the Netherlands. it was her response to a recently published book devoted to male 'guest workers', titled 'A Seventh Mam', in which author John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr expressed the hope that somebody else would make a book about women. When Bertien thinks back on how complicated it was to photograph those women and to get permission form their husbands, she is convinced that a man would not have succeeded. There were advantages to being a woman, as it often turned out henceforth. " text by Hripsimé Visser from: 'Archive', Bertien van Manen, MACK, London, 2021
"In 1975 Bertien van Manen embarked on a project of her own: photographing the living and working conditions of migrant women in the Netherlands. it was her response to a recently published book devoted to male 'guest workers', titled 'A Seventh Mam', in which author John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr expressed the hope that somebody else would make a book about women. When Bertien thinks back on how complicated it was to photograph those women and to get permission form their husbands, she is convinced that a man would not have succeeded. There were advantages to being a woman, as it often turned out henceforth. " text by Hripsimé Visser from: 'Archive', Bertien van Manen, MACK, London, 2021
Provenance
this picture of Bertien van Manen is also part of the collection of Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamExhibitions
2022 'Wish I Were Here', Bertien van Manen, FoMU Antwerp. BEPublications
'Archive' Bertien van Manen, Mack, London 2021'Vrouwen te gast', Bertien van. Manen, Feminisitische Uitgeverij Sara, Amsterdam 1979
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