A nonconformist with a lot of character, Ed van der Elsken (Amsterdam 1925 – Edam 1990) liked to call himself “a vagabond photographer” when still a young man.
Ed van der Elsken’s interest always lay in people, photographed on his long voyages around the world, approaching his subjects with sensitive complicity and respect.
He almost always worked on the street (in Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other big cities), preferring to photograph the most eccentric, mixed-up, unusual characters, using his camera to record “feelings of uncertainty, rage, depression, pessimism and defeatism”.
A nonconformist with a lot of character, Ed van der Elsken (Amsterdam 1925 – Edam 1990) liked to call himself “a vagabond photographer” when still a young man.
Ed van der Elsken’s interest always lay in people, photographed on his long voyages around the world, approaching his subjects with sensitive complicity and respect.
He almost always worked on the street (in Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other big cities), preferring to photograph the most eccentric, mixed-up, unusual characters, using his camera to record “feelings of uncertainty, rage, depression, pessimism and defeatism”.