Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to announce its participation at this year's Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam, with a presentation focused on the Estates of Ed van der Elsken, Bertien van Manen, and Robby Müller. The selection will feature newly released editions of Ed van der Elsken's work, never shown before, alongside Robby Müller's still lifes from his vast archive of Polaroids, including a new edition released on the occasion of the fair. Of Bertien van Manen, we will present a curated selection of photographs from her latest exhibitions, coinciding with the publication of I Am the Only Woman There (Fw: Books, Amsterdam, 2024), a reprint of the 1979 Vrouwen te Gast.
Enfant terrible of Dutch photography, for over 40 years, Ed van der Elsken portrayed striking individuals he encountered on his travels. His approach was confrontational, embracing the bright as well as darker sides of human life.
Bertien van Manen is known for her intimate, detailed portraits of life as others live it. She has documented the daily life of various social groups such as nuns, female migrant workers, and mining communities in the Appalachian Mountains, as well as life in the former Soviet Union and China.
Widely known as a cinematographer for directors such as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch, Robby Müller left a vast archive of Polaroids, which he would often take in moments between his work on set, as studies in light and composition. Taken from an experimental standpoint, his Polaroids see Müller exploring the many-faceted relationship between light, camera, and photographer.