Overview participating exhibitions
The Sequel
2013
The Sequel
Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
As far back as the 1970s Ad van Denderen was following developments in the relation between the Israelis and Palestinians from close up. In the course of time he has watched the two peoples grow farther away from each other.
In 2012 Van Denderen photographed Baladia City, the National Urban Training Center of the Israeli army. In this mock city soldiers are trained to capture Palestinian cities in the shortest time possible. In contrast Van Denderen in his follow-up series turns his camera on Rawabi, a new city under construction where about 40,000 Palestinian families will live. Rawabi is rising about ten kilometres north of Ramallah, on the West Bank of the Jordan River, and in terms of technology and infrastructure will fully geared to the demands of life today.
For his contribution to The Sequel Van Denderen has combined the two series, and supplements them with historic archive images and his own work from the periods 1990-1995 and 2002-2003. The result is a nuanced but urgent recapitulation of the ever intensifying conflict on the West Bank of the Jordan, with special attention for the role of architecture.
Ad van Denderen (b. Netherlands, 1943) studied graphic design in Utrecht before becoming a freelance photographer. Among the photo books he has to his name are Welkom in Suid-Afrika, Peace in the Holy Land, Go No Go, Occupation Soldier and So Blue, So Blue. He has won the Capi-Lux Alblas oeuvre prize, the CARE-Award, the Visa d’Or, the Dick Scherpenzeel Prize and a career prize from the BKVB Fund. He photographed Useful Photography #004, an issue about Palestinian martyrdom. In his work, which has been exhibited worldwide, Van Denderen seeks the intimate, personal stories behind greater themes like immigration, apartheid and war.
Ad van Denderen is represented by Agence VU’ (Paris) and Galerie West (The Hague).
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Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
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Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
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Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
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Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
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Ad van Denderen
ISRAËL BALADIA (2012) / WEST BANK RAWABI (2013)
Warzone
2010
Warzone
Ad van Denderen
OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
OCCUPATION SOLDIER shows the training of Dutch soldiers who will be dispatched to conflict zones. When the recruits of the Airmobile Brigade arrive some are no older than seventeen. They arrive in normal civilian dress, a weekend bag in hand. At the Oranje Barracks in Schaarsbergen they bid farewell to civilian life, to become part of Alpha or Bravo company. Six months later they are ready to ship out overseas.
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OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
OCCUPATION SOLDIER shows the training of Dutch soldiers who will be dispatched to conflict zones. When the recruits of the Airmobile Brigade arrive some are no older than seventeen. They arrive in normal civilian dress, a weekend bag in hand. At the Oranje Barracks in Schaarsbergen they bid farewell to civilian life, to become part of Alpha or Bravo company. Six months later they are ready to ship out overseas.
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OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
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OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
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OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
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OCCUPATION SOLDIER (Netherlands, 2009)
Biography
Ad van Denderen (Netherlands, 1943) studied graphic design at Utrecht before becoming a freelance photographer. In his work Van Denderen seeks out the intimate, personal stories behind big social themes like immigration, apartheid and war.
