Dutch Photographers since 1938

Meeussen, Victor

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  Victor Meeussen / Nederlands Fotomuseum, Circus Krone (1959)

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Victor Meeussen was well-versed in art history. He did not regard photograph as art though, but as a means of communication and expression, as in borne out by his own work. He worked professionally as an industrial photographer, taking pictures of more... »

Victor Meeussen was well-versed in art history. He did not regard photograph as art though, but as a means of communication and expression, as in borne out by his own work. He worked professionally as an industrial photographer, taking pictures of people in his spare time. His method and conception may be seen in the contexts of human-interest photography and Subjective Photography.
After the war Meeussen set up in business as an independent photographer. For his most important client, Esso Nederland, he photographed virtually every aspect of the oil-processing industry. Many of these pictures were published in the company magazines Essofoon, Essobron and International Oilways. He also photographed the products and activities of concerns like Dutch Petroleum and KLM.
Meeussen's free work was exhibited at 'Subjective Photography 1' and 'Subjective Photography 2', organised by Otto Steinert. Here Meeussen emerges as a follower of Steinert, who advocated experimentation in form and technique with a view to pushing back the borders of photography. In his free work Meeussen, like his colleagues in the NFK, experimented with abstraction, light and blurred focus. « less...

Place/date of birth

Bremen (Duitsland) 1911-11-07 

Place/date of death

1986-09-06 

Nationality

Nederlands 

Discipline

fotograaf, cineast 

Subject

straatfotografie, genre, industrie, bedrijfsfotografie, stadsgezichten, reportagefotografie, theaterfotografie
 

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Material

negatieven, ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk, diapositief 

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Latest editing

2012-03-04 (el) 

Places/periods of working

Scheveningen (Den Haag)
Bremen (Duitsland)
New York City
Madeira (eiland)
Kaapverdië (archipel)
Noorwegen
Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Bremen (Duitsland)
Frankfurt am Main
Den Haag
Amsterdam
Wageningen
Noorwegen
Arnhem
Bremen (Duitsland)
Den Haag
Zeeland (prov.)
Zuid-Holland (prov.)
Londen
Spanje
Italië
Venetië
Antibes
Cannes (Frankrijk)
Monte Carlo (Monaco)
Schwarzwald (woud)
Odenwald (gebergte)
Innsbruck
Salzburg
Rome
Eifel (gebergte)
Bremen (Duitsland)
Dubrovnik
Las Palmas
 

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Member of

Vereniging Beroepsfotografen Nederland (BFN)
Nederlandsche Fotografen Kunstkring (NFK)
Haagse Fotokring
Nederlandsche Kleinbeeld-Vereeniging 

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