Dutch Photographers since 1938

Boestert, Jan Hendrik den

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  Vrouw met kinderwagen (1950-1969) Jan den Boestert / Nederlands Fotomuseum
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  Zelfportret met Leica (1961) Jan den Boestert / Nederlands Fotomuseum

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Jan den Boestert was an inspired amateur photographer. After using a borrowed camera for some years he bought a Leica in the latter half of the 1930s and took portrait and nude photos with it. Towards the end of the 1930s he joined the Hague branch more... »

Jan den Boestert was an inspired amateur photographer. After using a borrowed camera for some years he bought a Leica in the latter half of the 1930s and took portrait and nude photos with it. Towards the end of the 1930s he joined the Hague branch of the Nederlandsche Kleinbeeld Vereniging, later known as the Haagsche Fotokring (HFK). He became its chairman and remained so almost until his death. Other members of the HFK included Victor Meeussen, Lies Wiegman and Ed van Wijk. In 1949 Den Boestert joined the Nederlandse Fotokring (NFK), in which he also played a prominent role.
After the war, no longer satisfied with the definition of the pictures he was taking with his Leica, he bought a Rolleiflex, which he used for many years. He preferred working with exchangeable lenses, however, and eventually returned to a Leica.
Jan den Boestert's interest gradually shifted to reportages and landscape photography. His work in that field was clearly influenced by Subjective Photography. Most of his photographs were taken on holidays in Spain, Portugal, Turkey and South Africa. He regarded the observation of people going about their daily doings as the essence of photography. He published these pictures in the magazines Focus and Foto, and wrote the accompanying articles himself. As a publicity man for Esso Nederland, he might have been expected to take up photography in a professional capacity. In view of his own preferences, however, he left industrial and technical photography to others, such as Victor Meeussen. « less...

Place/date of birth

Den Haag 1910 

Place/date of death

1992 

Nationality

Nederlands 

Discipline

fotograaf, amateurfotograaf 

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dansfotografie
 

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Latest editing

2010-07-01 (wtv) 

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Spanje
Portugal
Istanbul
 

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Nederlandsche Fotografen Kunstkring (NFK) 

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