Ed van der Elsken: Camera in Love
A short documentary by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam about the life and work of Ed van der Elsken.
Ed van der Elsken: Camera in Love is a short documentary about the life and work of Ed van der Elsken. The video is on the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam channel and runs about 9 minutes.
Van der Elsken was a Dutch photographer and documentary filmmaker known for his street photography. In its description, the Stedelijk calls him one of the greatest Dutch photographers and documentary filmmakers of the twentieth century. The English description calls him the most important Dutch photographer of that century.
The description refers to the exhibition De verliefde camera at the Stedelijk. It was the largest survey of his work anywhere in the world in 25 years. The exhibition explored his strengths as a photographer and the relationship between his photography, films, and books. It included both his photography and his films.
