The L.P. Polhuis Archive: An Ordinary Family Album

Leo Polhuis
9789085460053 / 9085460050
The L.P. Polhuis Archive: An Ordinary Family Album

The L.P. Polhuis Archive: An Ordinary Family Album

Leo Polhuis
9789085460053 / 9085460050
Publisher Artimo Netherlands Fotomuseum, 2005
Edition Paperback , 74 Pages
Genres Documentary photography
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Publisher's description

Even by snapshot standards, the images in this charming book are exceptional. Leo Polhuis started photographing his first baby in 1959 and only stopped photographing his family in 1981, when he became ill. Polhuis photographed, almost like an anthropologist, all family activities with the enthusiasm typical of a Dutch amateur. Many of these images overlap with current documentary practice and, in this sense, his work seems ahead of its time. Most archives or albums are haphazard, but presented here is a body of work that clearly demonstrates the meticulous devotion of a family man who, over the course of two decades, became a photographer.

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Book title The L.P. Polhuis Archive: An Ordinary Family Album
Photographer Leo Polhuis
ISBN 10 9085460050 / 90-8546-005-0       
ISBN 13 9789085460053 / 978-90-8546-005-3
Publisher Artimo Netherlands Fotomuseum
Publish date Mar 2005
Publish year 2005
Genre Documentary photography
Book format Paperback
Pages 74 Pages
Dimensions 16,5 x 22,75 cm / 6.5 x 9 inches