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Man - Portretten uit de collectie

17 Augustus - 1 December 2024 While the work of female photographers is often judged in terms of their femininity, whether or not their work is about gender, the work of male photographers often seems to exist independently of their gender. Fotomuseum Den Haag presents work from its own collection by male photographers who consciously or unconsciously play with the idea of ​​masculinity. Their...

Chris Killip - Retrospective

With his empathetic, but above all honest documentary eye, Chris Killip (UK, 1946-2020) is regarded as one of the most influential post-war British photographers. He spent long periods in the North of England in the 1970s and 1980s, a turbulent period for this region, with one large factory after another being forced to close, leading to massive unemployment and poverty. Killip captured the impact...

The Canary and the Hammer - Lisa Barnard

31 August 2024 - 5 January 2025 Gold is ubiquitous in modern life and a potent symbol of value, beauty, purity, greed and political power. In the Canary and the Hammer, Lisa Barnard (UK, 1967) details our reverence for gold, its role in humanity’s ruthless pursuit of progress and its stark reminder of the global west’s determination to accumulate wealth. Prompted by the financial crisis of 2008...

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...