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Arko Datto

Kings of a Bereft Land 14 Jan - 21 May 2023 As a resident of Kolkata, Indian photographer Arko Datto feels the threat of climate change every day. In the nearby Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, the ground is literally disappearing beneath the inhabitants’ feet. Their houses are being carried away by the sea, which is claiming more and more land. In his series Where Do We Go When the Final Wave...

Iris Sikking appointed new curator at the Fotomuseum Den Haag

The appointment of Iris Sikking enriches the team of curators at the Fotomuseum Den Haag. Together with fellow curator Willemijn van der Zwaan, Sikking will be responsible for the exhibitions programme and the photography collection. Curator Wim van Sinderen will retire at the beginning of 2023. Sikking has many years of experience as a freelance photography curator, lecturer and writer and was...

Judith Joy Ross

Portraits of America 26 November 2022 - 26 March 2023 This autumn, Fotomuseum Den Haag presents the largest survey to date of Judith Joy Ross (born 1946), regarded as one of the greatest portrait photographers in America. The exhibition features a selection of more than 150 prints, drawn from the photographer’s archive of work over the past fifty years. Ross’s portraits are characterised by soft...

W.F. Hermans

Rather important photos 20 August 2022 - 8 January 2023 With literary titles such as The blind photographer and The darkroom of Damocles , it is no secret that the writer Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995) was passionate about photography. A less well known fact, however, is that he considered retraining as a photographer. To conclude the Hermans anniversary year , celebrating the centenary of...