Ed van der Elsken My Amsterdam

Mireille Mosler, Ltd is pleased to announce My Amsterdam, a selection of black and white vintage prints, color photographs and film by the Dutch artist Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990), chronicling post-war Amsterdam. The concept of this show was first conceived in 2005 by the British photographer Martin Parr for Foam, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Ed van der Elsken was one of the most influential figures in postwar Dutch photography. He is inextricably linked with Amsterdam, his place-of-birth where he photographed and filmed throughout his life. Van der Elsken captured every aspect of Amsterdam from the 1950s on. Working primarily with natural light, his objective was to show things as they are, without disrupting any integrity or mainstreaming his subjects. His openness to accident and the unexpected is indicative of the artist's lust for life and lends empathy to the strange and tender encounters captured.