1957
Born in Naaldwijk, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selected exhibitions
2024
SLAAP! / WAKE, SLEEP, DREAM, REPEAT
Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, August 24, 2024 – January 5, 2025 (g)
SOULMATES
Photographs from the Henri Swagemakers Collection
Stedelijk Museum Breda, The Netherlands, September 13, 2024 – March 9, 2025 (g)
2022
DE MAGIE VAN POLAROID
Stichting KunstWerkt, Art Centre Schiedam, The Netherlands, June 10 – July 10, 2022. (g)
2020
ANOTHERLAND, PAMPHLETS OF ME
Pop-up at Marcel van der Vlugt Studio. June 26, July 5, 2020 (s)
2019
TUSSEN DE KASSEN
Pop-up at Adrie Huisman, Maasdijk. July 7-21, 2019 (g)
FLOWER LIVES
Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam. May 10 – 26, 2019 (g)
2018
ANOTHERLAND
Mark Peet Visser Gallery, Knokke, Belgium. September 8 – October 22, 2018 (s)
FIRST CONTACT
Mark Peet Visser Gallery, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. April 5 – July 8, 2018 (s)
2017
BUDS
Tessa Droog Gallery, Naaldwijk, The Netherlands. 13 and 14 May, 2017 (s)
JONG GELEERD! /SO IT GROWS! – AN INTIMATE EYE. From the collection of Henri Swagemakers
Centraal Museum, Utrecht . January 27 – May 7, 2017. (g)
2016
PS CAMERA
Museum Hilversum, Hilversum. October 21 – December 11, 2016 (g)
NAKED APE
Gallerie Untitled, Rotterdam. February 5 – March 18, 2016 (g)
DUTCH IDENTITY
Dutch portrait photographers at Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands. January 16 – April 24, 2016. (g)
2015
HET TIJDELIJK MODEMUSEUM/THE TEMPORARY FASHION MUSEUM
Miss Elfie, 2015 video installation
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam September 13, 2015 – February 8, 2016 (g)
2014
MODERN TIMES
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam from October 9 – January 11, 2015 (g)
BUDS
Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium from November 6 – December 22, 2014 (s)
CAPITA SELECTA
Broelsmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium from April 22 – September 28, 2014 (g)
2013
THE ELEMENTS
Zandvoorts Museum, Zandvoort from December 1, 2013 – March 27, 2014 (g)
FETISHISM IN FASHION
MoBa13 Arnhem, The Netherlands from June 8 – July 21, 2013 (g)
2012
BASIC INSTINCTS
Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem, the Netherlands and OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China (g)
CHOCOLAT!
Centre Albert Marinus-Musée communual de Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels (g)
W HOTELS
Permanent installations at W Paris Opéra (s)
RE: ROTTERDAM.
Art fair with NL=US Art Consultancy (g)
2011
A BEAUTY CASE
Ingrid Deuss Gallery Pop-up, Antwerp, Belgium (s)
W HOTELS
Permanent installations at W London Leicester Square and W Bali Seminyak (s)
BASIC INSTINCTS
Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany (g)
2010
EEN ANDER GEZICHT
Stedelijk Museum and Koornmarktspoort, Kampen, the Netherlands (g/s)
SWEAT and A NEW DAY
W Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (s)
2009
AFTER DARK
Witzenhausen Gallery at PAN Amsterdam (g)
BEAUTY IS THE NEW PUNK
White Square Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA (g)
2008
DARKSIDE. Part 1. Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (g)
A NEW DAY
Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam (s)
BEAUTY AND OTHER SECRETS
Kunsthal Rotterdam (s)
2007
LA NEGRESSE COUCHÉE
Duo exhibition with Rembrandt
Kunsthal Rotterdam (s)
BEAUTY
Witzenhausen Gallery at SCOPE Hamptons (g)
2006
HOSHII
Majestic at Home, Miami during Art Basel Miami (s)
NEVER FELT BEFORE
Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, the Netherlands (g)
WONDERKAMERS
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (g)
2005
GOOD FOOD
Vishal, Haarlem, the Netherlands (g)
UNREAL BEAUTY
Breda’s Museum, Breda, the Netherlands (g)
CRYSALIS
Puglia Biennale of Contemporary Art, Trani, Italy (g)
SKIN TIGHT: THE SENSIBILITY OF THE FLESH
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida. (g)
2004
SKIN TIGHT: THE SENSIBILITY OF THE FLESH
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) , Chicago (g)
LE CINÉMA DES PHOTOGRAPHES NéERLANDAIS
Musée Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris (g)
BEAUTY OF DARKNESS
Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam (g)
L’INSENSÉ – CONTEMPORARY DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHY
Louis Vuitton Roppongi Hills, Tokyo (g)
2003
L’INSENSÉ-PAYS BAS
Colette, Paris (g)
FEMALE TURBULENCE
Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels (g)
STYLE OF LIFE
Fotofestival Naarden, the Netherlands (g)
I LIKE…
Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries at Art Brussels (s)
MORTALIS
Fotomuseum, The Hague (g)
2002
NEDERLANDSE FOTOGRAFEN 1852-2002
(Dutch photographers, An anthology 1852-2002)
Fotomuseum, The Hague (g)
I LIKE…
Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (s)
EQUAL
Open Mind Foundation. Travelling exhibition (g)
PASSION FOR POSE
Dutch Fashion Photography 1948-2002
Frisia Museum/Scheringa Museum, Spanbroek, the Netherlands (g)
LONG LASTING video at NOT DONE-UNDONE at
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht (g)
I LIKE…
Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries at ParisPhoto, Paris (g)
FILM LOUNGE
Nederlands Foto Instittuut (NFI), Rotterdam (g)
MOBIEL DROMEN with Claudy Jongstra
Kunsthal, Rotterdam (g)
2001
THE KRO PICTURES
The Gallery, Laren, the Netherlands (g)
2000
FEEL FELT FELT (with Claudy Jongstra)
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (g)
BLOEMEN IN DE NIEUWE TIJD
Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (g)
BROEIKAS/HOTHOUSE (with Claudy Jongstra and Marc Mulders)
Galerie Rob Jurka at KunstRAI, Amsterdam (s)
DUTCH MODERNISM (with Claudy Jongstra)
Centraal Museum, Utrecht and
Institut Néerlandais, Paris. (g)
1999
NATURAL BEAUTIES
Galerie Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka, Amsterdam (s)
HEMELSE GEWADEN. CELESTIAL ART FROM CHINA
Stedelijk Modemuseum, Hasselt, Belgium (g)
BEFORE & AFTER
Fotofestival Naarden, the Netherlands (s)
99 YEARS OF DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHY
Fotofestival Naarden, the Netherlands (g)
1998
RAW SKIN
Nederlands Foto Instituut (NFI), Rotterdam (g)
LO SPECCHIO & BUDS
Galerie Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka at Parisphoto (s)
1996
HEAVENLY CREATURES
Kunsthal, Rotterdam (g)
1993
RECONSTRUCTIONS
Nederlands Foto Instituut (NFI) at the Nederlands Architectuur Instituut (NAi), Rotterdam (s/g)
1992
ATTRACTIONS
Canon Image Center, Amsterdam (s)
1991
BEFORE & AFTER
Fotofestival Naarden, the Netherlands (s)
1989
RECENT WORK
Fotofestival Naarden, the Netherlands (s)
1981
NIGHTLIFE / POOLS
Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (s)
Original works in the collections of
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Gemeentemuseum-Fotomuseum-Kunstmuseum, The Hague
Kunsthal, Rotterdam
LAM, Lisse
Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Mumbai
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Private and corporate collections throughout Europe and the USA
Books published
BUDS
Lecturis, September 2014
REJECTS
d’Jonge Hond Publishers, March 2008
A NEW DAY
d’Jonge Hond Publishers, February 2008
BEAUTY AND OTHER SECRETS
d’Jonge Hond Publishers, November 2007
Selected publications in group exhibition catalogs
POLAROID IN NEDERLAND
Studio Arno Bauman, 2022
PS CAMERA. Part 1
Photoq, 2016
DUTCH IDENTITY
Waanders, 2016
NA DE KEUZE. De visie van twaalf fotografen
Stichting Borstbeeld, 2009
DARKSIDE. PART 1. Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2008
AVENUE FROM A TO ZERO
Nederlands Foto Museum, Rotterdam, 2006
FACTS & PHOTOGRAPHS
Dove Fund, 2005
SKIN TIGHT: THE SENSIBILITY OF THE FLESH.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2004
FOTOGRAFEN IN NEDERLAND, An anthology 1852-2002.
Fotomuseum Den Haag, 2002
KUNST & VLIEGWERK
RAW SKIN. Contemporary Dutch Fashion Photography.
Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, 1998
CELESTIAL ART
Kunsthal. Snoeck Publishers, 1997
ROCK AROUND THE CAMERA
Kunsthal Rotterdam, 1994
Selected review publications
Adformatie
AVRO TV
AT-5 TV
Boomstang
Credits
De Pers
Digifoto PRO
Elsevier Thema
FD Persoonlijk
Focus
Foto
Free Eye
Galerij
Graphis
GUP
L’Insensé
Lürzer’s Archive
NBC TV
NRC Handelsblad
Parool
Photo
P/f
PPAPER
Photonews
Reclameweek
Thisispaper
Wraparound
Zien
Curator of exhibitions
Marcel van der Vlugt Senior- Hoffotograaf van het Druivenfeest
Gemeentehuis Westland, Naaldwijk, 2023
Guest lectures, workshops and master classes
ArtEZ, Zwolle
Fotogram, Amsterdam
Fotovakschool, Amsterdam
MAD, Genk
Willem de Kooning, Rotterdam
KABK, The Hague
Rietveld, Amsterdam
Zuyd/Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology, Maastricht
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
Meet Factory, Prague
Fotofestival, Naarden
Jury member awards and examinations
ADCN
Bouw in Beeld
Panl
Fotogram, Amsterdam
KABK, The Hague
Zuyd/Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology, Maastricht
Education
1976-1979 MTS School voor Fotografie en Fototechniek, The Hague, The Netherlands
1957-now Studio Marcel van der Vlugt Senior, Naaldwijk, The Netherlands
Selected first-time editorial publications in magazines
10
AD/Algemeen Dagblad
Allegra
Amica
Avenue
Baby
Biba
Blad
Black+White
Bloom
BLVD, BLVD MAN
Carp
DIF
Dutch
Elle
Elsevier Thema
FD Persoonlijk
Harper’s Bazaar (NL)
Hollands Diep
IT
Jalouse
Joyce Hong Kong
La Vie en Rose
Linda., Linda.Mode, Linda.Meiden, L’Homo, Linda.Man
Link
L’Officiel (NL)
M
Man
Marie Claire
Marie Claire Bis
MirrorMirror
MR. High Fashion
Myster
Park
Per Lui
Playboy (NL)
Rails
S
Tank
Vanity Fair (I)
View on colour
VN/Vrij Nederland
Vogue Gioiello
Vogue (NL)
Zoo
Zoo
Calendars
Black+White 1995
Heineken 1996, 1997
Polaroid
Selected publications in other books.
PUNT. 65 photographers and Hans Blommestein. Published by XS Studio. 2008
TEDER, Bas Lubberhuizen Publishers, 2006.
THE BLOOM BOOK, Flammarion Publishers.
STRIP, Steidl Publishers
GRAPHIS PHOTO, Graphis Publishers.
GRAPHIS NUDES, Graphis Publishers.
THE DECISIVE IMAGE -Dutch Photography from the 20th Century.
Music videos
Miss Ivana: FLYING TEACHERS
Southside Spinners: LUVSTRUCK
Lois Lane: NOW THAT YOU HAVE GONE
Record Sleeves
Lois Lane: IT’S BECAUSE, THE MORNING PATROL, PRECIOUS
Alain Clark: BACK IN MY WORLD, LIVE IT OUT
Candy Dulfer: SAX A-GO-GO, SAXUALITY
Nynke Laverman: ALTER
Marynka: RED MOON
Selected advertising campaigns in print and/or video
American Express
Amnesty International
Amsterdam Centraal
Bataviastad
Bijenkorf
BLCK
Bols
Bugaboo (RED)
Brandwonden Instituut
Cardinal Condoms
Claudia Sträter
Claudy Jongstra Felt Designs
Cliniclowns
Concert-Chengdu
DeLaMar Produkties
Der Kommissar
Dommelsch
Dove
DNB (Dutch National Bank)
Elle
Eye Wish
Guhl
Het Huis
Hunkemöller / Bodique
Imetec
JVC
KRO-TV
LOADS Collection
MeesPierson Bank
Mercedes-Benz
Milk & Roses
L’Oréal
Dutch Ministry of Education
Motorola
NXP
Oilily
Orange
Pantene
PythiaChiara
Q Music
Philips
Radio 6
Remington
Saab
Samsung
Sanex
Schiphol
Shoeby
Sire-Fireworks Prevention
The Hague/ The Hague Marketing Bureau
WarChild
Wasteland
W Hotels Barcelona, London, Bali, Paris, Verbier, Amsterdam
Selected awards
ADCN Craft of Photography / Bronze Award 2016 for FD PERSOONLIJK magazine / RIJKMAN GROENINK portraits
SAPPI Best Printed Book in Europe 2008 for BEAUTY AND OTHER SECRETS
ADCN Best Photography Award 2007 for DIF magazine / MEDS series
ADCN Silver Award for Best Print Ad 2005 for WARCHILD
ADCN Best Photography Award 2003 for RAILS magazine / MUD BATH FASHION series
ADCN Gold Award 1997 and Eurobest 1998 for SIRE – FIRE WORKS PREVENTION / COUNTDOWN tvc
CANNES LIONS Gold Award 1997, ADCN Silver Award 1997 and EUROBEST 1998 for
SIRE – FIREWORKS PREVENTION / SIGN LANGUAGE tvc
PANL Best of Members Award 1997 for VIEW ON COLOUR magazine / ANIMALITY series
ADCN Silver Award for Best Print Ad 1996 for SIRE – FIREWORKS PREVENTION
ADCN Best Photography Award 1995 for VIEW ON COLOUR magazine / Skin Colour Card series
PANL/VNU Award 1994 for ESQUIRE Magazine / BOXER series
The rest is history