Ed van der Elsken
South-Africa, 1968
archival pigment print
paper: 50 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
'Tourists Taking Photographs, South Africa, 1968. Like the previous photograph, this was from one of the travel reports made by Van der Elsken for the glossy magazine 'Avenue'. It shows...
"Tourists Taking Photographs, South Africa, 1968. Like the previous photograph, this was from one of the travel reports made by Van der Elsken for the glossy magazine 'Avenue'. It shows a mild ridicule of the attitude of the typical tourist, the meaning clear, but the approach full of humour. This is typical of the way Van der Elsken cloaked his criticism: it was almost never outspoken but always done with a smile." - Visser, Hripsime, " Ed van der Elsken 55". New York: Phaidon Press, 2002.
Van der Elsken wrote about this photo: 'Photographers interest, just like the previous picture (Jackie Kennedy in Cambodia). This time in South Africa, American tourists take pictures of black kids'. From: "Hallo! Een nieuwe Ed van der Elsken", Unieboek BV - Van Holkema & Warendorf, Bussum 1978
Van der Elsken wrote about this photo: 'Photographers interest, just like the previous picture (Jackie Kennedy in Cambodia). This time in South Africa, American tourists take pictures of black kids'. From: "Hallo! Een nieuwe Ed van der Elsken", Unieboek BV - Van Holkema & Warendorf, Bussum 1978
Exhibitions
2007, Colour before Color, Hsted Hunt, NY, USA
Literature
Publications
Lust for life. Ed van der Elsken in colour, Stockport, Dewi Lewis Publishing | Lecturis, Eindhoven 2019
Camera in Love, Stedelijk Museum, Veurne, Hannibal together with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2017
55 Ed van der Elsken, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 2002
Ed van der Elsken, Hallo! Een nieuwe Ed van der Elsken, Unieboek BV - Van Holkema & Warendorf, Bussum 1978
Ed van der Elsken, Eye Love You, Unieboek BV - Van Holkema & Warendorf, Bussum 1977