Chemicals, Glass and Persistence: Alexine Tinne’s 1862 photography in the heart of Africa Alexine Tinne mastered mobile photography while the art was still in its infancy, enabling her to create some truly unique photos in mid-19th-century Africa. Maartje van den Heuvel • March 25, 2024
Extreme example of Dutch ‘landscaping’, photographed by Marie-José Jongerius "God created the world but the Dutch created the Netherlands", Descartes supposedly once said. Leiden University Libraries acquired 40 photographs by Dutch photographer Marie-José Jongerius (b. 1970), who photographed an extreme example of this Dutch passtime. Maartje van den Heuvel and Guest author • December 15, 2020
Emmy Andriesse: forbidden photographs of the hunger winter and liberation of Holland, 1944-1945 Emmy Andriesse photographed the last years of World War II in Amsterdam while putting herself in serious danger. Her photographs, now in the Leiden Special Collections, gained iconic status in Dutch visual history. Maartje van den Heuvel • May 01, 2020
Schaefers’s daguerreotypes of the Borobudur In 1844, the German photographer Adolf Schaefer was recommended by Ph. F. von Siebold, advisor to the Ministry of the Colonies, to document the antiquities of the island of Java. Anouk Mansfeld • September 23, 2019
The price of a mounted photograph by Woodbury & Page New information about pricing of tourist photographs uncovered in conservation effort. Guest author and Karin Scheper • September 02, 2019
A professional Dutch wide-angle stereo camera (1902), designed by Major General Van Albada The first Dutch stereographic camera was designed and manufactured by a Major General of the Dutch army, L.E.W. (Lieuwe) van Albada (1868-1955). It appeared on the professional market in 1902. Maartje van den Heuvel and Guest author • July 10, 2018
Urban Jungle: Megacities in Asia The world's largest cities and acclaimed photographer Martin Roemers Maartje van den Heuvel and Jef Schaeps • October 02, 2017
Mementoes of Hans Christian Andersen In 1866 Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) sent a photograph of himself to the writer Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886). On the back he wrote: ‘a memento of H.C. Andersen’. Mart van Duijn • November 07, 2014
