Ed van der Elsken
Vali in the mirror with starlets, Paris, 1952
silver gelatin print, analogue
barite print on Ilford neutral tone paper
barite print on Ilford neutral tone paper
Image: 34 x 27,5 cm
Paper: 40 x 30 cm
Paper: 40 x 30 cm
edition 13/20 printed in 2017 by Hans Bol
'This photograph is used for the cover of Van der Elsken's first book, the photo novel 'Love on the Left Bank'. Vali Meyers, who plays Ann, the main character in...
"This photograph is used for the cover of Van der Elsken's first book, the photo novel 'Love on the Left Bank'. Vali Meyers, who plays Ann, the main character in the book, was his muse for quite some time. On many occasions he photographed her together with her mirror image. here she is tragic, sensual and unapproachable. In other images she represents an unbridled lust for life, feminine beauty or a deep existential loneliness. In the book, the mirror-portrait in this photograph is juxtaposed with a picture of a more contemplative Ann walking down the street." - Visser, Hripsime, " Ed van der Elsken 55". New York: Phaidon Press, 2002.
Exhibitions
2008, Dutch Eyes, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
Literature
Brödbeck, A., Lütgens, A. Ed van der Elsken: Sweet life. Fotografie + Film 1949-1990.[exh.cat]. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2000.
Elsken, Ed van der. Parijs! - 1950 - 1954. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1981.
Elsken, Anneke van der, S. Hekking (eds), Once Upon a Time, Amsterdam 1992
Visser, Hripsime, Ed van der Elsken 55. New York: Phaidon Press, 2002.
Elsken, van der, Ed. LOVE ON THE LEFT BANK. (Fascimile Edition). Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999.