Biography


2004 The first of a series of colour photographs of plants entitled ‘Metamorphosis’

2002 – 2004 Photographic journeys in the Western Desert of Egypt

1999 ‘Foto Kees Schererprijs’ for ‘Voyage Botanique’, selected as the ‘Best Dutch Photography Book published in the years 1997 and 1998’

1998 Honorouble mention for ‘Voyage Botanique’ in the ‘VI Prize of Photographic Book and Catalogue’ Primavera Fotografica, Barcelona, Spain

1998 ‘Voyage Botanique’ selected as one of the ‘Best designed books of The Netherlands in 1997’

1997 Publication of monograph ‘Voyage Botanique’, self-published

1992 – 1994 Black and white photography in collections of dried plants in Botanical Institutes, entitled ‘Voyage Botanique’

1992 Honorouble mention for ‘Les Pyramides du Nord’ in the ‘III Prize of Photographic Book and Catalogue’, Primavera Fotografica, Barcelona, Spain

1992 Publication of monograph ‘Les Pyramides du Nord’, self-published

1991 Publication of monograph ‘Paul den Hollander, een keuze uit zijn foto’s’

1989 – 1991 Black and white photography of artificial landscapes in industrial areas

1989 Black and white photography in forests

1988 – 1990 Black and white photography in interiors of industrial buildings in the mining areas of Belgium and the Northwest of France, entitled ‘Les Pyramides du Nord’

1987 – 1988 Several projects in towns in the Netherlands

1984 – 1985 Colour photography in Museums of Natural History

1982 – 1984 Black and white photography in gardens, glasshouses and zoological gardens

1982 Publication of monograph ‘Moments in Time’

1981 Grand Prix de la Recherche Photographique, Royan, France for the series ‘Moments in Time’

1981 Second price Triennale de Fribourg, Switzerland for the series ‘Moments in Time’

1977 – 1980 Work on the photographic series ‘Moments in Time’ in black and white

1975 – 1976 Travels in the Middle and Far East - without camera

1973 – 1975 Ecological farming

1973 ‘Price of the City of Breda’

 Collections

The Netherlands Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam De Nederlandse Bank Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten Province of Noord-Holland Randstad Fotocollectie – Diemen Province of Gelderland Het Nederlands Fotomuseum – Sittard City of Breda Noordbrabants Museum – Den Bosch Museum De Lakenhal – Leiden Ministry of Cultural Affairs Printroom of the University of Leiden Breda's Museum

 Belgium Musée d’Art Moderne – Brussels, Musée de la Photographie Charleroi MAC’s-Musée des Arts Contemporaines – Hornu Museum voor Fotografie

France Bibliothèque Nationale – Paris Musée Nicéphore Nièpce – Chalon-sur-Saône Fond National d’Art Contemporain Centre Regional de la Photographie Nord et Pas-de-Calais – Douchy Maison Européenne de la Photographie – Paris Musée des Beaux Arts – Valenciennes Museum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle – Paris Galerie Municipale du Chateau d’Eau – Toulouse La Maison de l’ Art et de la Communication – Sallaumines Imagiques – Langon FNAC – Les Galeries Photo, Paris Ministry of Agriculture – Phototèque, Paris

 Italy Centre of Photography of the Parma University

 Spain Universidad de Salamanca Arxiu Fotogràfic – Barcelona

 Portugal Gulbenkian Modern Art Centre – Lisbon Centro de Artes Visuais – Coimbra

Denmark Museet for Fotokunst – Odense Royal Library – Copenhagen

 Great Britain Victoria and Albert Museum – London National Museum of Photography – Bradford

Switzerland Musée d’Art et d’Histoire – Fribourg

Japan Museum of Modern Art – Tokio Prefectures of  Yamaguchi and Kumamoto


Bibliography

2007 Atlas of Contemporary Art – Musée des Arts Contemporains (MAC’S), Hornu, Belgium

2006 Des Nuages, de l’Antiquité à nos jours – Editions du Seuil, Paris, France L’Aventure de la photographie contemporaine de 1945 à nos jours – edited by Chêne, Paris, France Room with a view/ the Bouwfonds Art Collection – Hoevelaken, the Netherlands

2004 Les 50 Ans du Monde Diplomatique – edited by Les Editions Cercle d 'Art, Paris, France

2003 Coimbra – edited by Centro de Artes Visuais/Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal Vigo Visions / photographic collection of the City of Vigo – published by the Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain

2002 La Fotografia tra storia e poesia / fotografie della collezione FNAC – edited by Gabriele Mazzotta, Milano, Italy L'Herbier et le Nuage – Musée des Arts Contemporains de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Hornu, Belgium Fotografen in Nederland / een anthologie 1852-2002 – edited by Fotomuseum Den Haag en Ludion, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2000 Bloemen van de Nieuwe Tijd / Nederlandse Bloemschilderkunst 1980-2000 – edited by Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, the Netherlands Format – Wroclaw, Poland

1999 Linhas de Sombra – edited by Fundação Calouste

Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal De Collectie Vrolik / van voor het leven tot na de dood – Zoölogical Museum of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Vive les Modernités! / Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie à Arles – Editions Actes Sud, France

1998 Suburban Options / photography commissions and the urbanization of the landscape – edited by Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

1997 The Photography Book – edited by Phaidon Press, London, Great Britain

1995 Alfândega Nova / The Site and Sign – edited by Museum of Transport and Communication, Porto, Portugal Criticizing Photographs / an introduction to understanding images – Mayfield Publishing Company, USA

1979 – 1994 Fotografie als Kunst, Kunst als Fotografie – Allerheiligenpresse, Austria The Metaphysical Presence – Grupa Junij '80, Yugoslavia Dumont Foto 4 / Fotografie in Europa Heute – Dumont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany Dictionnaire des Photographes – Editions du Seuil, France Zeitgenössische Europäische Fotografie – Kunstverein Schaffhausen and Derek Bennet, Switzerland Roots and Turns / 20th Century Photography in The Netherlands – SDU Publishers, The Hague, the Netherlands Grotesque / Natural Historical and Formaldehyde Photography – Fragment

Uitgeverij Amsterdam, the Netherlands Rooms – B&R Khatir Editori, Locarno, Switzerland L'Echappée Européenne / Aspects of European Photography from the collection of the 'Maison Européenne de la Photographie', Paris, France Musa Museu / Contemporary Photographers at Barcelona Museums – edited by Lunwerg Editores and the city of Barcelona, Spain Photovision / Ordening the Chaos – Madrid, Spain Nouvelle Histoire de la Photographie – Editions Bordas, Paris, France Dictionnaire Mondiale de la Photographie – Editions Larousse, Paris, France Eindhoven, aspecten van een stad – edited by Stichting Fotomanifestatie Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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