Suriname.
POLL, WILLEM DE
Published by Paramaribo-'s Gravenhage, N.V. Varekamp & Co.- N.V. Uitgeverij W. van Hoeve., 1959
Original publisher's paper-covered boards, pictorial front- & backcover, large 8vo: map on endpapers, [124]pp., 96 pages with bl.& wh. photographs with captions in Dutch and English.
Reisverslag met 199 foto's. Reportages in en om Paramaribo, Nieuw-Nickerie, Albina, in verschillende bosnegerdorpen, bij het bauxietbedrijf Billiton, foto's van javaanse rijstbouw, balata-bleeders, Hindostaanse offerplechtigheden, de kokosvelden van Coronie, een Arowakkendorp etc. Informatieve foto's, mooie portretten en een levendig verhaal over het reizen per korjaal, de vangst van een jonge tapir en het "fotograferen om een hoekje".
Koloniale fotografie waarin het christelijk superioriteits gevoel overheerst. Tekst Ben Krewinkel.
Ben Krewinkel (1975) is een documentaire fotograaf, curator en schrijver. Speciaal voor Srefidensifoto zal hij een aantal essays schrijven, waarin hij een aantal historische fotoboeken uit en over Suriname onder de loep neemt. Krewinkel studeerde moderne Afrikaanse geschiedenis in Amsterdam en Pretoria , Photographic Studies in Leiden en slaagde cum laude aan de Fotoacademie in Amsterdam. Hij is als docent verbonden aan de School voor Journalistiek in Utrecht . Hij schrijft regelmatig voor Photoq . In 2012 kwam zijn fotoboek A possible life uit en hij werkt momenteel aan de follow-up hiervan : Il m’a sauve. Kijk voor meer info over Ben en zijn fotoprojecten op benkrewinkel.nl.
Retrospective
Nov-19-2005 until Feb-05-2006
Willem van de Poll worked as a photojournalist for Dutch and foreign news magazines like Panorama and Spiegel and conducted fashion shoots for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, but was best known in the Netherlands as the in-house photographer of the Dutch royal family. The National Archives of the Netherlands and the Hague Museum of Photography now present the first ever major retrospective of work by this Dutch photographer.
Willem van de Poll (1895-1970) grew up as a member of a well-to-do family in Amsterdam. His father wanted him to become a doctor, but he preferred to seek adventure first as a police inspector and soon after that as a photographer. After training as a photographer in Vienna, Van de Poll worked as a police and news photographer in that city. His first published press photo, of a major fire, appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt in around 1920. Wishing to travel the world taking photographs, Van de Poll became one of the first Dutch photojournalists to work extensively outside the Netherlands. A member of the generation of photojournalists who supplied both text and photographs, his work was distributed by international press agencies Associated Press and Black Star. His photo-reportages appeared regularly both inside and outside the Netherlands in magazines like Spiegel, Panorama and the famous Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung.
But Willem van de Poll was not born for the world of ‘hard news’. The high-spirited, cigar-smoking photographer was happiest producing atmospheric impressions of places that were then still relatively unknown: the rugged landscapes of Iceland and Norway, romantic Madeira and the mysterious Middle East. At the same time, Van de Poll acquired experience of other forms of photography. During the 1930s he reported on Paris fashions for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and took photographs for use in advertising by KLM, Unilever and Verkade.
Van de Poll’s career took an expected new turn when he was appointed in 1944 to head the photographic service of the Forces of the Interior (formed to unite the various armed resistance organisations opposing the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands). He became staff photographer to the commander-in-chief of the Interior Forces, Prince Bernhard, and together they toured the Dutch towns and cities newly liberated by Allied forces.
Thereafter, Van de Poll was to remain the royal family’s in-house photographer through to the late ’50s, even accompanying Bernhard and Juliana on holidays and state visits. During this post-war period, he also became passionately interested in the new state of Israel. He made thousands of the photographs of the country, including many showing the fate of the Palestinians.
In the mid-’60s Willem van de Poll moved to Switzerland. By that time he had retired and on 10 December 1970 he died in Amsterdam, following a short illness. The 35th anniversary of his death is to be commemorated at the Hague Museum of Photography with a lecture evening on Thursday 8 December 2005.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a lavishly illustrated monograph, written by Louis Zweers, edited by Wim van Sinderen and designed by Total Identity (published by Terra). In 1996, the National Archives of the Netherlands acquired the Van de Poll Collection from the Netherlands Government Information Service (RVD).
Have a look at www.en.nationaalarchief.nl
Most widely held works about Willem van de Poll
- Willem van de Poll : 1895-1970 by Louis Zweers( Book )
- Zwyczajny 1934 : Polska na zdjęciach Willema van de Polla = The ordinary year of 1934 : Poland in the eyes of photographer Willem van de Poll by Willem van de Poll( Book )
- Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material by Willem van de Poll( )
Most widely held works by Willem van de Poll
The Netherlands Antilles by Willem van de Poll( Book )
20 editions published between 1950 and 1961 in 3 languages and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For review see: W.R. Menkman, in De West-Indische Gids, jrg. 33 (1952); p. 78-80
20 editions published between 1950 and 1961 in 3 languages and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For review see: W.R. Menkman, in De West-Indische Gids, jrg. 33 (1952); p. 78-80
Surinam, the country and its people by Willem van de Poll( Book )
6 editions published in 1951 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1951 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Suriname by Willem van de Poll( Book )
13 editions published between 1949 and 1959 in English and Dutch and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1949 and 1959 in English and Dutch and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nazi-hel by Willem van de Poll( Book )
9 editions published between 1945 and 1948 in Dutch and German and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1945 and 1948 in Dutch and German and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Daybreak for a nation; Israël, the country and its people by Willem van de Poll( Book )
7 editions published in 1952 in English and Dutch and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1952 in English and Dutch and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Suriname : een fotoreportage van land en volk by Willem van de Poll( Book )
8 editions published between 1949 and 1951 in Dutch and Undetermined and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1949 and 1951 in Dutch and Undetermined and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kerels van de daad, once oorlogsvrijwilligers in Malakka en Indië by Willem van de Poll( Book )
6 editions published in 1947 in Dutch and Undetermined and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1947 in Dutch and Undetermined and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Koninklijk bezoek Suriname by Willem van de Poll( Book )
4 editions published between 1955 and 1956 in Dutch and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1955 and 1956 in Dutch and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De kof gaet voor de baet uit : een verhaal over hout by Johan Luger( Book )
2 editions published in 1941 in Dutch and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1941 in Dutch and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kroningsalbum van H.M. Koningin Juliana by Gerard M Rutten( Book )
2 editions published in 1948 in Dutch and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1948 in Dutch and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Koninklijk bezoek: de Nederlandse Antillen by Willem van de Poll( Book )
3 editions published in 1956 in Dutch and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For review see: Het Vaderland (3.I.1957), De Tijd (9. II. 1957), and P. Wagenaar Hummelinck in de West-Indische Gids, jg. 37 (1957), p. 237
3 editions published in 1956 in Dutch and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For review see: Het Vaderland (3.I.1957), De Tijd (9. II. 1957), and P. Wagenaar Hummelinck in de West-Indische Gids, jg. 37 (1957), p. 237
Heilig Land by M.-H Lelong( Book )
2 editions published in 1955 in Dutch and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1955 in Dutch and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beatrix : prinses der Nederlanden en jonge vrouw van Nederland by M. G Schenk( Book )
1 edition published in 1960 in Dutch and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1960 in Dutch and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Terre Sainte by M.-H Lelong( Book )
6 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in 3 languages and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in 3 languages and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Zwyczajny 1934 : Polska na zdjęciach Willema van de Polla = The ordinary year of 1934 : Poland in the eyes of photographer Willem van de Poll by Willem van de Poll( Book )
3 editions published in 2014 in Polish and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 2014 in Polish and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kroningsalbum van H.M. Koningin Juliana / Willem van de Poll ; tekst : Gerard M. Rutten, Herman Felderhof( Book )
2 editions published in 1948 in Dutch and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1948 in Dutch and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Willem van de Poll : 1895-1970 by Louis Zweers( Book )
3 editions published in 2005 in Dutch and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Monografie over de Nederlandse fotojournalist (1895-1970) met een selectie uit zijn werk
3 editions published in 2005 in Dutch and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Monografie over de Nederlandse fotojournalist (1895-1970) met een selectie uit zijn werk
Ons Prinselijk gezin in Friesland by Willem van de Poll( Book )
1 edition published in 1947 in Dutch and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1947 in Dutch and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surinam is calling by Willem van de Poll( Book )
2 editions published between 1950 and 1960 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 1950 and 1960 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Netherlands West Indies : the islands and their people by Willem van de Poll( Book )
1 edition published in 1951 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1951 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Een hindostaanse vrouw gekleed in jak en rok, met een sari om het hoofd geslagen. Ze draagt vele sieraden: enkelbanden, armbanden, oorbellen en een neusssieraad. Om haar hals kettingen met gouden munten.
