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On the occasion of the Aperture's Fall 2007 exhibition and publication, Paris—New York—Shanghai, we're pleased to have the opportunity to offer Hans Eijkelboom's limited-edition, self-published book Photo Notes for the first time in the U.S.
This book presents Eijkelboom's diaristic photographic works from the years 1992 through 2004, in which he hit the streets of his native Holland (and elsewhere) at least five days each week, photographing a single topic for up to two hours at a time and creating typological grids with the images. (The topic is any type of situation, person, or "uniform" he notices repeatedly: middle-aged women in raincoats, businessmen in dark suits, or people napping on commuter trains.) Some of the series were made in New York City, providing a preview to his more globally focused work in Paris—New York—Shanghai. The charm of Eijkelboom, whose long career is rooted in the traditions of 1970s conceptual art, is the variety and abundance represented in this monumental body of work. All who are entranced by Paris—New York—Shanghai should have this hard-to-find prequel.—JL HANS EIJKELBLOOM (Born 1949, Arnhem, Holland) began his artistic career in 1971 with an installation that was part of a group show that included Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, and Douglas Huebler. Since then, he has produced over twenty-five books, gaining renown in Europe for self-publishing many of them, and his work has been exhibited internationally, including solo shows at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam; Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, the Netherlands; Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands; Provincial Museum of Photography, Antwerp, Belgium; and Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany. Eijkelboom is based in Amsterdam. |