Amsterdam Foam

Kors van Bennekom - Kors's Choice

11 July - 14 September 2008

Foam presents an exhibition celebrating the seventy-fifth

birthday of the Amsterdam photographer Kor van Bennekom

(b. 1933). It was in 1956, at the height of the Cold War, that

Kor van Bennekom began working as a photographer for

the communist newspaper De Waarheid, where he

remained with until 1965. His photos provide a magnificent

record of ordinary, hard-working people in a city rebuilding

after the war, racked by poverty and unrest. In 1966

Van Bennekom helped found Uitkrant voor Amsterdammers,

a magazine of listings and articles about culture in the capital.

Van Bennekom brought street photography into the theatre,

portraying Dutch and international actors, musicians,

ballet dancers and cabaret artists in a bold and vibrant style.

At the same time, Van Bennekom also photographed

his family. These photos tell the simple, unadorned story

of a home life in which his wife Ine, his children,

grandchildren and he himself are the main characters.

Kor van Bennekom is a combination of street photographer,

theatre photographer and family photographer, whose

remarkable oeuvre reflects the history of the Netherlands

in the second half of the twentieth century.

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