Bert Teunissen
Bert Teunissen (born 1959 Ruurlo, Gelderland) is a Dutch photographer who, since 1996, has documented European homes built before World War II and their inhabitants in his book Domestic Landscapes: A Portrait of Europeans at Home. Teunissen has photographed houses built before electricity was common in order to preserve a quickly disappearing part of Western European life and culture. He later added images from Japan to his project.
Bert Teunissen
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- 1959 · Ruurlo.
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- photographer · photojournalist
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Bert Teunissen (born 1959 Ruurlo, Gelderland) is a Dutch photographer who, since 1996, has documented European homes built before World War II and their inhabitants in his book Domestic Landscapes: A Portrait of Europeans at Home. Teunissen has photographed houses built before electricity was common in order to preserve a quickly disappearing part of Western European life and culture. He later added images from Japan to his project.
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• Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, DK 1999 • Gentofte Hovedbibliotet, Copenhagen DK 2000 • Gallery 24, New York, USA 2000 • Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, DK 2000 • Stedelijk Museum, Zutphen NL 2001 • Konstmuseet, Ystad, S 2001 • AA Kerk, Groningen, NL 2002 • Artspace Witzenhausen NL 2003 • Prague House of Photography Cz. 2004 • Museu da Imagem, Braga Portugal 2004 • Kienhuis Hoving, Enschede NL 2005 • Biblioteca Central da UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal 2005 • Océ 's Hertogenbosch NL 2005 - 2010 • Art Amsterdam NL 2006 • Huis Marseille, Amsterdam NL 2006 • The Photographers' Gallery, London UK 2006 • Aperture Gallery, New York USA 2007 • Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany 2007
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1959
Bert Teunissen born at Ruurlo.
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• Luister met je ogen-Het Josti Band Orkest 2001 • Paleizen van het Geheugen-7 Leidse jongenskamers, Leiden, Antiquariaat van Paddenburgh 2003 • Domestic Landscapes-Japan, Amsterdam, Artspace Witzenhausen 2003 • Domestic Landscapes-Portugal, Braga, Museo da Imagem 2004 • Domestic Landscapes-An Introduction Manual, Huizen, Bert Teunissen 2006 • Domestic Landscapes-A Portrait of Europeans at Home, Aperture 2007 • Domestic Landscapes-Ein Porträt von Europäern Daheim, Kerber 2007 • On The Road-A Domestic Landscapes Travelog, Bert Teunissen 2008
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