BERTIEN VAN MANENbooks
Archive
Gluckauf
I am the only woman there
I Will Be Wolf
Beyond Maps and Atlases
Moonshine
Easter and Oak Trees
Let's Sit Down Before We Go
Give Me Your Image
East Wind West Wind
A Hundred Summers, a Hundred Winters
books group
2023
'Scherpstellen' Mondriaanfonds, essays written by Anne Rugyt, Kim Knoppers, o.a.
2021
'Nachbilder' Eine Foto Text Anthologie Zürcher Hochschule und Fotomuseum Winterthur
2018
'The Low Countries', page 256 'Intimacy without Borders' by Tineke Reijnders
2016
'A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age' George Eastman Museum
2016
'Conversations 2' Rémi Coignet
2015
‘Photography at MoMA 1960 to Now’ The Museum of Modern Art New York
2015
‘Une Collection’ MEP Paris
2015
‘The Chinese Photobook’ by Martin Parr and Wassink Lundgren
2014
'The Photographers’ Playbook’ Aperture
2013
‘Le Regardeur’ Editions Xavier Barral
2013
‘Lost Home’ Super Labo’s Lost Home project, a set of ten artist books by Harvey Benge
2012
‘Thinking photography, Using photography’ by Jan Erik Lundström and Liv Stoltz, Centrum för Fotografi
2012
‘The Dutch Photo Book Since 1945’ by Frits Gierstberg and Rik Suermondt
2009
Fotografie in het Stedelijk de Geschiedenis van een collectie
2008
MoMA HIghlights since 1980
2007
Photographies Modernes et Comtemporaines La Collection Neuflize Vie
2007
Dutch Eyes New History of Photography in the Netherlands
2006
‘Netherlands Now, L’école du Nord’, MEP Paris
2006
‘The Photobook’, a History vol II by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, Phaidon
2006
Contemporary Dutch Photography, Kumho Museum of Art Seoul
2005
‘In Sight’ Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2003
‘Gestes’ Printemps de septembre ed. Actes Sud
2003
‘Tales from a globalizing world’ by Daniel Schwartz Ed. Thames Hudson
2003
Citibank Photography Prize 2003
2002
‘Blink’ 100 photographers 10 curators 10 writers’ Phaidon Press
exhibitions solo
2026
Les échos de l'ordinaire — Centre de la Photographie de Mougins · July 3rd - October 4th
2026
Les échos de l'ordinaire — Centre d'art et de photographie de Lectoure · Feb 21st - May 3rd
2025
Les échos de l'ordinaire — Centre d'Art Gwinzegal · June 27th - October 12th
2025
Winter Journey, Budapest 1975 — M21 Galeria, Pecs, Hungary · 27th of March - June 2nd
2023
Hidden in Another World — Annet Gelink Gallery
2023
Let's Sit Down Before We Go — Hamburg Werkstatt Fotografie
2023
Gluckauf — SCHUNCK Glaspaleis Heerlen
2022
Give Me Your Image — L'appartement, Espace Images Vevey
2022
Wish I Were Here — FOMU Antwerp
2021
Archive, Bertien van Manen — Enter Enter - A Space For Books, Designed by Hans Gremmen
2021
Moonshine — Annet Gelink Gallery Amsterdam
2020
Galerie Robert Morat Berlin Germany
2020
In camera Paris France
2020
Gabriel Rolt HE.RO Amsterdam the Netherlands
2020
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 'Beyond the Image' Bertien van Manen and Friends
2019
De collectie belicht — Nederlands Fotomuseum curated by Bertien van Manen the Netherlands
2018
I will be Wolf — Gabriel Rolt Amsterdam the Netherlands
2016
In camera Paris 'Beyond Maps and Atlases' France
2016
Photo London 'Beyond Maps and Atlases' UK
2016
Post Tokio 'Beyond Maps and Atlases' Japan
2016
Beyond Maps and Atlases — Landskrona Art Gallery Sweden
2016
Paris Photo 'Beyond Maps and Atlases' France
2016
Gallery Belfast Exposed, Belfast Ireland
2016
Boston Museum of Fine Arts USA
2015
Gallery Pedro Alfacinha Lisbon Portugal
2014
Paris Photo Los Angeles with Gabriel Rolt Paramount Studio's L.A. USA
2014
Landskrona Art Gallery with Rinko Kawauchi and Nan Goldin Sweden
2013
Galerie Gabriel Rolt Amsterdam The Netherlands
2012
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York USA
2012
FOAM Amsterdam the Netherlands
2012
Galerie Robert Morat Berlin Germany
2011
in camera galerie Paris France
2009
LX Factory Lisbon Portugal
2008
Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich Switzerland
2008
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York USA
2008
Galerie Robert Morat Hamburg Germany
2008
Museum Ludwig Budapest Hungary
2008
Fotohof Salzburg Austria
2008
Prague Festival of Art Czech Republic
2007
Central European House of Photography Bratislava Slovakia
2006
Mois européen de la photographie — CNA Luxembourg
2006
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York USA
2006
de Hallen — Haarlem the Netherlands
2006
Galerie van Zoetendaal Amsterdam the Netherlands
2005
MoMA New York 'New Photography' New York USA
2005
Photo España Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid Spain
2005
Walter Gropius Bau Berlin, Berlin Photofest 'After the Fact' Germany
2004
Photo Museum Ulm Germany
2003
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York USA
2003
The Photographers Gallery, Citibank Photographers Prize 2003 London UK
2003
Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France Pontault-Combault France
2003
Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf Germany
2003
Photo España Madrid Spain
2003
Printemps de septembre Toulouse France
2002
Galerie du Jour, Agnès b Mois de la Photo Paris France
2002
East Wind West Wind — Photographers Gallery London UK
1995
Photographers Gallery London UK
1994
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
exhibitions group
2026
Le Bel Eté — In Camera Galerie · 11th of June - 31st of July
2026
Families — Fotomuseum Antwerp · 20th of March - 23rd of May 2027
2025
Missen als ronde vorm — Stedelijk Museum Schiedam · September 27th - March 1st
2025
Kloosters & kloosterleven — Museum Krona, Uden · September 27th - January 11th
2025
Eye of Amsterdam — Annet Gelink Gallery
2025
LOVE — In Camera Galerie Paris
2024
Al die Amsterdamse mensen – Foto’s 1970-1990 — Stadsarchief Amsterdam
2024
Je moest eens weten — at Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam with Cigdem Yüksel
2024
Unseen 2024 at Annet Gelink Gallery with Robby Müller and Ed van der Elksen
2023
Paris Photo 2023 at Galerie In Camera
2023
Intimités — In Camera Galerie Paris · 15th of June - 19th of September
2023
Atlantic Mythologies — Outdoor Photographic Exhibition, Cairde Sligo Arts Festival Ireland · July 1st-22nd
2022
Accrochage – Rouge — La Petite Galerie, MEP Paris
2022
Le langage silencieux — - MEP - Rencontres D'Arles, Grand Arles Express, Aix-en-Provence
2021
One Artist One Minute — Fotohof Salzburg
2021
Paris Photo — In Camera Galerie
2021
Unseen — Gallery Annet Gelink Amsterdam The Netherlands
2020
Defender — with Adam Broomberg, Nik Christensen, Shezad Dawood and Lisette Ros Galerie Barbara Thumm Berlin
2017
Paris Photo Robert Morat 'I will be Wolf' France
2017
Unseen — Gabriel Rolt Amsterdam the Netherlands
2017
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 'I am a native foreigner' the Netherlands
2017
Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam Jan Cremer the Netherlands
2017
Art Rotterdam (exhibitor Caroline O'Breen) the Netherlands
2016
George Eastman Museum Rochester USA
2015
Foto Istanbul Turkey
2014
in camera Paris France
2014
Paris Photo at Robert Morat 'Moonshine' France
2014
Gana Art Center with Boris Michaelov, Nan Goldin and others Seoul South Korea
2014
The Thing Itself — Yancey Richardson New York USA
2014
Us and Them — Noorderlicht Groningen the Netherlands
2014
Paris Photo at Yancey Richardson France
2013
Moscow Biennale Russia
2013
'Lost Home', Colette rue st Honoré Paris France
2013
Andrea Meislin Gallery New York 'Perchance to dream' USA
2013
Fotomuseum Winterthur 'This Infinite World' selection Paul Graham Switzerland
2013
Paris Photo at in camera galerie 'Let's sit down before we go' France
2013
Paris Photo at Robert Morat 'Easter and Oak Trees' France
2013
From Holland with Love — Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam the Netherlands
2012
Paris Photo 2012 France
2012
Dutch Doc Award Tropenmuseum Amsterdam the Netherlands
2012
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam the Netherlands
2012
Centre culturel de Liège 8ème Biennale Internationale des Arts Visuels Belgium
2011
NMWA and Bank of America USA
2011
MoMA Steichen Gallery New York USA
2011
Paris Photo France
2010
Incognito Yancey Richardson New York USA
2010
Minneapolis Institute of Arts USA
2010
Fototriennale Esslingen Germany
2009
Paris Photo France
2009
Bildmuseet Umea Sweden
2008
Bucharest Biennale Romania
2007
Howard Gilman Gallery, 'Hidden in Plain Sight'/Contemporary Photographs from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York USA
2007
Scenes and Traces — Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
2007
InsideOut — Collections of Amsterdam Institutes FOAM Amsterdam the Netherlands
2006
Op het tweede gezicht — Frans Hals Museum Haarlem the Netherlands
2006
L'esprit du Nord — Maison Europèene de la Photographie Paris France
2006
Frames revisited — De Hallen, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem the Netherlands
2006
Dutch insight — Kumho Museum of Art Seoul South Korea
2006
'Stories, Histories'- from the Collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur Suisse
2005
In Sight — Contemporary Dutch Photography' Art Institute of Chicago USA
2005
Marks of Honour — FOAM and van Zoetendaal Amsterdam the Netherlands
2005
Palais des Beaux Arts Bruxelles Belgium
2005
Récits d'une Mondialisation — Palais des Nations Genève Switzerland
2004
Artist Opening, Museum of Modern Art New York USA
2004
Cold Play — Présence Suisse Paris Photo Paris France
2004
Take Five — Huis Marseille Amsterdam the Netherlands
2004
Dunaujváros ICA Budapest Hungary
2004
D Foto — San Sébastian Spain
2004
Ce que j'ai vu — Fondation Cartier Bresson Paris France
2004
LINK — Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
2003
Fundación Carlos de Amberes Madrid Spain
2003
Centre national de la photographie Jeu de Paume Paris France
2003
Photos from the collection Fotomuseum Winterthur Switzerland
2003
Zwart Wit Kleur — Amsterdams Historisch Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
2003
Fotomuseum Den Haag the Netherlands
in collection
George Eastman House / International Museum of Photography USA
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam the Netherlands
The Museum of Modern Art New York USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art USA
The Baltimore Museum of Art USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Photography Tokio Japan
Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris France
Centre national des arts plastiques Paris France
The Swiss Foundation for Photography Switzerland
Fotomuseum Winterthur Winterthur Switzerland
Fotomuseum Antwerpen Belgium
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam the Netherlands
Collection ABN-Amro / La Salle Chicago USA
Huis Marseillle Amsterdam the Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum / de Hallen Haarlem the Netherlands
La Collection Neuflize Vie France
MoCP Collection Chicago USA
Nieuwe collectie
prizes
2019
Nominated for Hasselblad Prize 2019
2018
'I will be Wolf' shortlisted for Arles Book Prize 2018
2014
Longlisted for the Deutsche Börse Prize
2012
‘Let’s sit down before we go’ shortlisted for Dutch Doc Award
2008
Longlisted for the Deutsche Börse Prize
2005
MoMA New York 'New Photography' New York USA
2003
Shortlisted for the Citibank Photography Prize (Deutsche Borse Foundation)
David Röell Prijs / Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prijs voor Beeldende Kunst
Maria Austria prize
Kees Scherer prize
press
2021
2021
2019
Live interview Fotogasten Nederlands Fotomuseum
2019
'Union' Issue No 14 Spring/Summer 2019 Tokio, Japan
2017
2017
VPRO Gids Colin van Heezik 'Hert en Wolf' 13 december
2016
Trouw Lodewijk Dros Beeldboek 'Beyond Maps and Atlases' 27 februari
2016
Vrij Nederland Mischa Cohen 'Uitzicht op het Grote Niks' 6 februari
2015
Aperture 220 Fall 2015
2015
Journal ESQUIRE Moskou August
2014
British Journal of Photography November Michael Grieve
2014
Gup 43 November
2014
'My best shot' The Guardian July 24
2014
NRC Handelsblad Rianne van Dijck Op de huid zitten van 'hillbillies' in Kentucky 20 juni
2013
june Hotshoe International
2013
EXIT #49 Autobiography - Issue February March April 2013
2012
Foto 6 Moscow June 2012, page 104-111
2012
Aperture 208 Fall 2012, page 46-53
2012
2012
VOGUE Nederland Nummer één
2012
Vrij Nederland 24 maart
2012
VPRO Gids 24 maart
2012
Fotografiska, Stockholm 02/2012
2012
FOAM Blog Bertien van Manen Interview part 1 part 2 part 3
2007
P.S. Parool Mark Moorman 20 januari
2006
'De Avonden' Radio broadcasting 27 december
2006
The NewYorker January 30
2005
Art World Shanghai
2005
Tank Magazine Volume 4 - Issue 3
2005
Draft Autumn
2005
Vogue Paris November
2005
De Volkskrant Observatorium 31 december
Foundation
In the Spring of 2026, the Bertien van Manen Foundation has relocated to a new office in Rotterdam. A place to work on future projects, to explore the archive, to inspire and to continue sharing the treasures she left behind. Open by appointment.
Contact
Stichting // Bertien van Manen // Foundation
Iris Bergman
Director
+31(0)646020871
In Memoriam
Amsterdam, 27 May 2024 – Yesterday, at the age of 89, the renowned Dutch documentaryphotographer Bertien van Manen has peacefully passed away in the presence of her family.
Bertien van Manen started her career in 1975, at forty years of age, as a fashion photographer. Inspired by Robert Frank’s The Americans, depicting a raw side of the United States, she turned to documentary photography. Bertien travelled the world, taking photos of people she met and often befriended. Fluent in Russian, she was one of the first documentary photographers to enter the former Soviet Union after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Her photographs of Russian people, made during five years travelling the former Soviet Union, are documented in the books Hundred Summers Hundred Winters (1994) and Let’s sit down before we go (2011). Van Manen travelled and documented much of the world, including Eastern Europe, the Western Sahara and the Appalachians. Her travels trough China are captured in the book East Wind West Wind (2001).
Van Manen enjoyed a Dutch privileged upbringing in Heerlen, where her father was an engineering the State coal mines. She felt closely connected to the coal miners, whose homes and families she found to be warm and friendly. Later, she documented mine workers in different places, including Sheffield, Siberia and the Appalachians. She often stayed in close contact with her subjects, sending them photographs and exchanging letters.
Bertien van Manen is known for her intimate yet “raw” photography, showing people as they are, without any retouching or amending any apparent irregularities in her photos. She used a snapshot camera, to allow closer contact and to be able to look her subjects in the eyes while photographing. Van Manen has been a pioneer and an example for many.
Bertien van Manen has left a legacy of photographic works, exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Fotomuseum Winterthur, among others. Bertien’s work is found in major public collections.
Stichting Bertien van Manen (Foundation) will safeguard Bertien’s legacy, in close collaboration with the galleries representing her. We will miss her dearly.
Bertien van Manen is represented by Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam, Robert Morat Gallery in Berlin, Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York and Galerie In Camera in Paris.