Hans Aarsman | |
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Born | 1951 (age 72–73)
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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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]
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).
Aarsman's work is held in the following permanent collections: