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Bertien van Manen | Book Stories

David on swing, West Virginia 1987, from the series
David on swing, West Virginia 1987, from the series "Moonshine", 44 x 29,5 cm, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 5 + 2 AP's
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“East Wind, West Wind” (De Verbeelding, Amsterdam, 2001)
“East Wind, West Wind” (De Verbeelding, Amsterdam, 2001)
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“Give Me Your Image” (Steidl, Göttingen, 2006)
“Give Me Your Image” (Steidl, Göttingen, 2006)
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Kilfenora, from the series
Kilfenora, from the series "Beyond Maps and Atlases", 25,3 x 38 cm, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 5 + 2 AP's
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Willemijn en Nicoline, from the series
Willemijn en Nicoline, from the series "Easter and Oak Trees", 16 x 24 cm, C-Print, Ed. of 5 + 2 AP's
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“Easter and Oak Trees” (Mack Books, London, 2013)
“Easter and Oak Trees” (Mack Books, London, 2013)
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Prague 2004, from the series
Prague 2004, from the series "Give Me Your Image", 40 x 50 cm, C-Print, Ed. of 10 + 2 AP's
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“Moonshine“ (Mack Books, London, 2014)
“Moonshine“ (Mack Books, London, 2014)
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Lake Baïkal, Campsite 1993, from the series
Lake Baïkal, Campsite 1993, from the series "Let's sit down before we go", 25,3 x 35 cm, C-Print, Ed. of 10 + 2 AP's
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“Beyond Maps and Atlases“ (Mack Books, London, 2016)
“Beyond Maps and Atlases“ (Mack Books, London, 2016)
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Sister Nuala Bundoran, from the series
Sister Nuala Bundoran, from the series "Beyond Maps and Atlases", 25,3 x 35 cm, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 5 + 2 AP's
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“I will be Wolf” (Mack Books, London, 2017)
“I will be Wolf” (Mack Books, London, 2017)
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Bertien van Manen, an icon of documentary photography, will be honored with an extensive retrospective exhibition in her hometown of Amsterdam at Stedelijk Museum in spring. Coinciding with this large museum show, Robert Morat Gallery is pleased to be able to present a survey show titled “Book Stories” in Berlin.

Throughout her career, renowned Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen (*1942, The Hague) has been known for her publications. Her first two photo books, “One Hundred Summers, One Hundred Winters” (De Verbeelding, Amsterdam, 1994) and “East Wind, West Wind” (De Verbeelding, Amsterdam, 2001), have established her reputation as an artist and uncompromising documentarist; today both are rare, sought-after collectibles on the photobook market. The book project “Give Me Your Image” (Steidl, Göttingen, 2006) led to great international recognition and solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich, the Fine Arts Museum in Boston or the Museum Ludwig in Budapest.

Since 2011 van Manen has been publishing exclusively with MACK Books in London. The first book there was titled “Let’s sit down before we go” (Mack Books, London, 2011), followed by “Easter and Oak Trees” (Mack Books, London, 2013), “Moonshine” (Mack Books, London , 2014), “Beyond Maps andAtlases” (Mack Books, London, 2016) and “I will be Wolf” (Mack Books, London, 2017).

The exhibition includes individual images and work contexts from all published series and aims to provide an overview of over 25 years of photographic work and in particular to underline the influential role of Bertien van Manen as a photobook artist.

Robert Voit The Alphabet of New Plants

Archive Berlin 2016 - 2010

Ron Jude Lick Creek Line
Orri Interiors
jedentag Fotografische Alltagsbeobachtungen von Andy Sewell, Peter Puklus und Peter de Ru
SCHWARZWEISS Zeitgenössische Positionen in der Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie
2007
Okko Oinonen On Top of The Iceberg. Intellectual Exiles
fotoform Deutsche Fotografie der 50er Jahre
Enver Hirsch Menschen Tiere Sensationen
2006
Andy Scholz Fotografie 2002-2006
Wolf Böwig Fotoarbeiten 1995-2005
2004
Michael Melcer Milch and Hering Jewish Food Shops in New York

Archive Hamburg 2016 - 2004

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