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Artworks
Ed van der Elsken
Jean Michel and Freddy, 1951Gelatin silver print, printed by the artist in 1988, signed and dated by the artist in pencil on versopaper: 25.5 x 22 cm
image: 20 x 19.5 cmEd van der Elsken was a photographer and filmmaker who expressed his meetings with people in photos, photo books and films for more than 40 years. In the 1950s he...Ed van der Elsken was a photographer and filmmaker who expressed his meetings with people in photos, photo books and films for more than 40 years.
In the 1950s he left Holland for Paris, where he encountered the bohemian society of Saint-Germain-de-Prés. Marked by the bitter post-war atmosphere, these young people spent their days in bars, living on alcohol and drugs.
Here you can see Auguste Hommel and Jean Michel Mension (Lettrist trousers), leaning into a wall in Paris.Exhibitions
2017, Camera in Love, Jeu de Paume, Paris, FR
2015, Love on the Left Bank, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2014 Love on the Left Eye, Ed van der Elsken Archives St-Etienne
2013 Love on the Left Bank, Galerie VU, Paris, FR
2012, UNSEEN, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
ART BASEL 35 / 2004Literature
Annelie Lutgens & Gerard Hadders, Fotografie + Film 1949 - 1990 Ed van der Elsken, Einhoven 2000, p. 29.
Ed van der Elsken, Parijs! foto's - 1950 - 1954, Amsterdam 1981.
Publications
LISTE 2001
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