Hans Aarsman

Dutch photographer, author, and lecturer (born 1951)

Hans Aarsman

Born	1951 (age 72–73) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website	hansaarsman.nl

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Hans Aarsman (born 27 December 1951)^[1] is a Dutch photographer, author, and lecturer at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. His work is held in the collections of the Netherlands Photo Museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Life and work

Aarsman was born in 1951 in Amsterdam.^[1] He started his career as a photojournalist for the Dutch newspaper Trouw. In 1989 he published the book Hollandse Taferelen which consisted of landscapes photographed from the roof of a camper which he pulled through the Netherlands for a year. In 1990–1991 he finished a photo series of East German states. As of 2004^[update] he was an editor of the magazine Useful Photography.^[4] Aarsman also is a novelist and playwright. His debut literary work was Twee hoofden, een kussen (1995).

Publications

Photography

Hollandse Taferelen (1989)^[5]
Aarsmans Amsterdam (1993)^[5]
Een engeltje dat over mijn tong piest (1995)^[6]
Vrrooom! Vrrooom! (2003)

Literature

Twee hoofden, een kussen (1995)

Collections

Aarsman's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands^[2]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam^[3]
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hans Aarsman". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "FREE DOWNLOADS OF HANS AARSMAN PHOTOGRAPHS". Netherlands Photo Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Search". Rijksmuseum.
^ O'Hagan, Sean (17 July 2004). "Conceptual art? It's a piece of cake..." The Observer. London. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Acquisitions – Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam". Netherlands Photo Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Het engeltje dat op mijn tong pieste – Hans Aarsman". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 15 June 2023.