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Selling polaroids in the bars of Amsterdam 1980 : Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller

Title

Selling polaroids in the bars of Amsterdam 1980 : Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller / edited by Leonor Faber-Jonker.

Publication

[Eindhoven] : Lecturis, [2023]
©2023

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Description

207 pages : color illustrations, plan, portraits; 29 cm

Summary

In late 1979, a new phenomenon appears in the nightlife of Amsterdam: the Polaroid photographer. New York artists Bettie Ringma and Marc H. Miller temporarily exchange their loft in the Lower East Side of New York for a houseboat in Amsterdam, and start selling instant photo portraits taken in pubs around Rembrandtplein, Leidseplein and Zeedijk. They pioneered a practice that continues to this day. The pair photograph in brown pubs, Turkish cafés, transvestite bars and queer clubs; they build up a regular clientele and meet remarkable people such as, "Ko the Muscleman," the self-confident "animer girl" Nettie, and the extravagant pub owner-cum-pigeon fancier, Henk. It's a time of big moustaches, full ashtrays and unrestrained hedonism. Ringma and Miller took countless photos that were distributed among the nightlife public, but - sponsored by Polaroid - they also built their own collection of more than 350 Polaroid portraits of Amsterdam bar-goers. Forty years later, this collection is a time capsule of the raw but colorful Amsterdam nightlife in the year 1980. Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980 is the first photo book of this unique collection. In addition to a large selection of Polaroids, the book contains descriptions by Marc H. Miller and essays by Mark Bergsma and Leonor Faber-Jonker about Amsterdam nightlife around 1980, as well as the artistic practice of Ringma and Miller.

Alternative Title

Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller

Subject

Genre/Form

History
Photobooks
Pictorial works
Photobooks.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 206).

Language (note)

Parallel texts in Dutch and English.

Contents

Introduction / Leonor Faber-Jonker -- The polaroids of Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller: a treasured piece of city history / Mark Bergsma -- Art from life: Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller and their "walk on the wild side" / Leonor Faber-Jonker.

Call Number

JQF 23-1488

ISBN

9789462264724
9462264724

LCCN

9789462264724

OCLC

1371244154

Title

Selling polaroids in the bars of Amsterdam 1980 : Bettie Ringma & Marc H. Miller / edited by Leonor Faber-Jonker.

Publisher

[Eindhoven] : Lecturis, [2023]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 206).

Language

Parallel texts in Dutch and English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Miller, Marc H.

Ringma, Bettie.

Faber-Jonker, Leonor, 1987- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

9789462264724

Research Call Number

JQF 23-1488

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