A Chance to Write History
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R072282 Ned. Fotomuseum Ned. fotomuseum
TitleA Chance to Write History
Author
Corporate author
Edition[nummer] 10
[tijdschrift; titel] CREATIVE CAMERA
[tijdschrift; pagina] 24
Year of publication1987
Materialartikel
Document TypeArticle
SubjectEconomie van de fotografie, Fotografische infrastructuur: NL (Nederland), Fotografie als kunst, Patronage van de fotografie: NL (Nederland), Opdrachten en fotografie
Abstract
The author describes the practice of commissioning photographers by the City
Archive of Amsterdam. The City Archive traditionally collected photographs to
do with Amsterdam. As a result of proposals made by the Dutch photographers
trade union (GKf), the City Archive and the related Amsterdam Art Fund began
commissioning photographers in 1973. The City Archive provided a list of
suggested themes, but photographers were free to choose their own themes. As
the author states, the fact that documentary photography has developed in a
variety of directions in Holland can be attributed to the assignments.
Amsterdam was the first, and for a long time the only municipality in the
Netherlands to carry out its own policy on photography. It was also the first
to recognise the artistic relevance of documentary photography.
Archive of Amsterdam. The City Archive traditionally collected photographs to
do with Amsterdam. As a result of proposals made by the Dutch photographers
trade union (GKf), the City Archive and the related Amsterdam Art Fund began
commissioning photographers in 1973. The City Archive provided a list of
suggested themes, but photographers were free to choose their own themes. As
the author states, the fact that documentary photography has developed in a
variety of directions in Holland can be attributed to the assignments.
Amsterdam was the first, and for a long time the only municipality in the
Netherlands to carry out its own policy on photography. It was also the first
to recognise the artistic relevance of documentary photography.
| Copy number | R072282 |
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| Shelf mark | Ned. fotomuseum |