Ed van der Elsken, "Woman cycling", Amsterdam, 1983. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Gift by Anneke Hilhorst, Warder, 2019. © Ed van der Elsken estate/Nederlands Fotomuseum
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Ed van der Elsken. Up Close
19/06/2026 - 13/09/2026
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Museumstraat 1
1071 XX Amsterdam
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
The groundbreaking street photography of Ed van der Elsken takes visitors on a journey through postwar Netherlands, with images of a cyclist sticking out her tongue defiantly, three smiling young women in miniskirts and a group of tough youths on the corner of Amsterdam’s Nieuwendijk. Years of research into his private archive have yielded a new and detailed perspective on the creation of his work. In addition to many familiar and much-loved images, the show includes a large amount of previously unpublished notes, contact prints, darkroom experiments and newly discovered book dummies. Ed van der Elsken. Up Close features photographs from the collections of the Rijksmuseum, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Leiden University Libraries, as well as film footage from the EYE Film Museum.
19/06/2026 - 13/09/2026
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Museumstraat 1
1071 XX Amsterdam
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
The groundbreaking street photography of Ed van der Elsken takes visitors on a journey through postwar Netherlands, with images of a cyclist sticking out her tongue defiantly, three smiling young women in miniskirts and a group of tough youths on the corner of Amsterdam’s Nieuwendijk. Years of research into his private archive have yielded a new and detailed perspective on the creation of his work. In addition to many familiar and much-loved images, the show includes a large amount of previously unpublished notes, contact prints, darkroom experiments and newly discovered book dummies. Ed van der Elsken. Up Close features photographs from the collections of the Rijksmuseum, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Leiden University Libraries, as well as film footage from the EYE Film Museum.