Everyone a photographer : the rise of amateur photography in the Netherlands, 1880-1940 /

By the end of the nineteenth century, people began to record their daily lives using small, handheld cameras. This made photography more direct, faster, and dynamic. The similarity with our time, in which more and more people are taking photographs, is striking. In this publication, Mattie Boom desc...

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Main Author: Boom, Mattie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum, 2019.
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Summary:By the end of the nineteenth century, people began to record their daily lives using small, handheld cameras. This made photography more direct, faster, and dynamic. The similarity with our time, in which more and more people are taking photographs, is striking. In this publication, Mattie Boom describes the rise of amateur photography in the Netherlands: the photographers, the photographs, the albums, the key figures, and the backgrounds. At the time, amateur photography was mainly a pastime for the wealthy: upper-class gentlemen, gentlewomen and even the young Queen Wilhelmina. Especially young entrepreneurs, however, set out to bring photography to the general public. Exhibition: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (15.02.-10.06.2019).
Item Description:Accompanies an exhibition held at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, February 15-June 10, 2019.
Physical Description:240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789462084773
9462084777