Bertien van Manen
Fotokünstlerin, Amsterdam
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‘Bertien van Manen’s photographs – rich, textured, from the hip – might be described as a sort of visual anthropology. But while that term gets at what she does – immersing herself in the communities she photographs and investigating visual manifestations of culture, namely photography itself – it’s too academic and fusty to describe how her pictures look. A cross between Robert Frank and Nan Goldin with a little bit of Martin Parr, her pictures are deftly composed, with an intuitive sense of colour. At the same time they can feel casual, and almost accidental. Which is, of course, entirely intentional…

(Jean Dijkstra, Art Review) (Quelle: http://www.schaden.com/book/vanBerGiv04100.html)
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