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Closed · Closed 13 Sept 2026

Ed van der Elsken. Up Close

Photo: Marco Almbauer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ed van der Elsken. Up Close was on view at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 19, 2026 to September 13, 2026.

Last verified August 15, 2026 · Official source ↗

An intimate look at one of the Netherlands' most celebrated twentieth-century photographers through his personal archive. Handwritten notes, contact sheets, darkroom experiments and unpublished book designs are shown alongside his iconic photographs, tracing his creative evolution from the early 1950s through the late 1980s.

Venue

  1. Rijksmuseum
    Amsterdam, Netherlands · June 19 – September 13, 2026
    Closed 13 Sept

Images

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a symmetrical red-brick and stone building with twin towers and a central archway, reflected in the canal in front of it.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Photo: Marco Almbauer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗