Research Catalog
Document Nederland
- Title
- Document Nederland / Rixt A. Bosma.
- Author
- Bosma, Rixt A. (Rixt Amarins), 1979-
- Publication
- [Amsterdam] : Rijksmuseum, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TR78 .B67 2017 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), publisher.
- Description
- 55 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- Since 1975 the National History department of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has commissioned over 60 photographers to create the annual photographic essay about present day Holland. It is one of the very few long running annual photography commissions known in the world. The main objective is to "collect contemporary history", utilizing the "documentary qualities" of photography. Each year, one or two renowned Dutch photographer(s) set out to document a specific theme - a great variety of universal and more specific Dutch ones - like food production, youth culture, unemployment, water management, health care, feminist movement, corporate culture and technology, party and leisure culture, the art world, national elections, immigration and the Dutch landscape. Over 3000 prints resulting from the annual commission are kept in the museum's Print Room and each year new work is shown to the public in an exhibition, often accompanied by a photo book and a yearly newspaper folio.00What are the origins of this commission? What were the main concerns in 1970s museum politics to address the need to "collect" the present day, and how did it develop over time? What is its position in the international context of commissioned photography? And how does photography function in this context and how successful has this photography commission been?
- Series Statement
- Rijksmuseum studies in photography ; volume 17 - 2017
- Uniform Title
- Rijksmuseum studies in photography ; v. 17.
- Subject
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) > Photograph collections
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
- 1900-2099
- Art commissions > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 20th century
- Art commissions > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 21st century
- Documentary photography > Netherlands > Amsterdam
- Photograph collections > Netherlands > Amsterdam
- Art commissions
- Documentary photography
- Manners and customs
- Photograph collections
- Alltag
- Dokumentarfotografie
- Fotografie
- Soziale Wirklichkeit
- Netherlands > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Netherlands
- Netherlands > Amsterdam
- Niederlande
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- Note
- "Manfred & Hanna Heiting Fund."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- English text translated from the Dutch manuscript.
- Contents
- Foreword / Taco Dibbits -- Introduction -- The original positioning of the Rijksmuseum photography commission -- The launch of the commission : practical and financial considerations -- Choice of subject -- Moment of crisis : continuation of photography commission threatened 1990-94 -- Collaboration with NRC Handelsblad from 1997 : Document Nederland -- Looking back on the Rijksmuseum photography commissions 1975-2016 -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9789491714658
- 9491714651
- OCLC
- ocn995052579
- 995052579
- SCSB-8970233
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library