Bart van Leeuwen Photography
Bart van Leeuwen ( Amsterdam, 1950 ) published his first pictures
in Dutch underground magazine Hitweek in 1967, graduated from
the School for Professional Photography in The Hague in 1969 and
started to work as a freelance photographer in 1971.
Inspired by film noir, Italian neorealism and photographers like
Bourdin, Brassaï, Kertész and Lartigue, he developed a narrative,
cinematographic style, linking fiction and reality.
He travelled the world for magazines like Avenue, Cosmopolitan, Elle,
Esquire, i-D, Kult, Marie-Claire, Playboy, Sunday Times, Viva and Wallpaper
and companies such as ABN, Agnès B, Barclays, Bilderberg, Bijenkorf, CBS,
Harrods, ING, Levi's, Matinique, Philips, RCA, René Lezard, Sara Lee, Woolmark
and Volvo, shooting fashion stories, advertising campaigns and portraits.
‘Appearances are deceptive, nothing is what it seems.’
Andy Warhol, Candy Dulfer, Carice van Houten, Dizzy Gillespie,
Freddy Mercury, Giorgio Armani, Grace Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat,
Jerry Hall, John Cale, Nina Hagen, Patti Smith and Sylvia Kristel
are among the celebrities he photographed.
He has won several awards ( ADCN i.a. ) and gave lectures on photography
at academies in Amsterdam ( Rietveld ), Rotterdam ( WdKA ) and
Bruxelles ( St.Lukas ).
Van Leeuwen lived in Amsterdam, New York and Paris.
Due to a neuromuscular disorder he retired in 2005 and now lives with
his wife and son just outside of Amsterdam
Books, interviews & other publications:
Focus 10, pg. 43, 1989
Modus, Pauline Terreehorst, 1990
NieuwsTribune 40, pg. 51, Lenie Stockmann, 1990
The Decisive Image, Ingeborg Th. Leijerzapf, 1991
Focus 5, pg. 23, 1991
Candy Dulfer by Top Photographers, pg. 48/49, 1994
Beeldspraak, Ton Hendriks, 1995
Haute Culture, Mary Hessing, Angelique Janssen, Gisela Prager, 1998
Art View, pg. 77, 1999
Creative Red Book 1999/2000
Residence, pg. 76/81, Marieke van Gessel, 2002
F.D.Stijl, pg. 20, Frederique Huygen, 2002
Tableau 3, pg. 96, 2004,
Avenue A-Z, Georgette Koning, NRC Handelsblad, 2006
Punt, 65 Fotografen voor Hans van Blommestein, 2008
Photo Digital 04, pg. 6/7, 2008
IM, pg. 58, Gusta Winnubst, 2008
Luxor Episodes, Jan Damen, 2009
Nabelichting, Bart van Leeuwen, 2012
Exhibitions
1975 Gallery Fiolet, Amsterdam, NL
1982 KLM Gallery, New York, US
1983 Mazzo, Amsterdam, NL
1984 Kodak Gallery, Odijk, NL
1984 KLM Gallery, Tokio, JP
1985 Canon Gallery, 20 years Avenue , Amsterdam, NL
1985 Aemstelle, Dunhill Dutch Photography, Amstelveen, NL
1986 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Lelystad, NL
1987 Month of Photography, Athens, GR
1987 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Amsterdam, NL
1987 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Amstelveen, NL
1987 Institut Néerlandais, Le Vent du Nord, Paris, FR
1988 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Utrecht, NL
1988 Dunhill Dutch Photography, St. Petersburg, RU
1988 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Moscow, RU
1988 Modam, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Arnhem, NL
1989 Sonesta Gallery, Avenue, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Assen, NL
1989 Naarden Photo, Naarden, NL
1989 Focus Gallery, Nudes, Amsterdam, NL
1990 Dunhill Dutch Photography, Amstelveen, NL
1991 Naarden Photo, Naarden, NL
1992 St. Lucas Institute, Bruxelles, BE
1992 Kleurgamma, Amsterdam, NL
1993 Naarden Photo, Naarden, NL
1994 European Photography, Yokohama, JP
1995 Naarden Photo, Ego Document, Naarden, NL
1995 Dejeuner sur l'Herbe, Paris, FR
1998 PanL, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Jablonka Gallery, Andy Warhol, Köln, DE
1998 Westergasfabriek, PanL, Amsterdam, NL
1998 Bijenkorf, Doors to India, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Kring, War Child, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Scheringa Museum, Fong Leng, Spanbroek, NL
1999 Lumiere, SVFN, Durgerdam, NL
2000 Historic Museum, Young, Rotterdam, NL
2000 Museum of Drenthe, Young, Assen, NL
2002 VNU, 30 x 30, 30 Years Viva, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Downtown Gallery, Pim Thomassen, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Scheringa Museum, 50 Years of Fashion, Spanbroek, NL
2002 Reflections, Urban Perceptions, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Kunsthal, Playboy Photography, Rotterdam, NL
2003 BlowUp Gallery, 11 Photographers, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Naarden Photo, 50 Years Nieuwe Revu, Naarden, NL
2003 Naarden Photo, Style of Life, Naarden, NL
2003 Breda Photo, Breda, NL
2003 Sanoma, Style of Life, Hoofddorp, NL
2003 Christies, Aids Fund, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Downtown Gallery, BlowUp Photographers, Amsterdam, NL
2004 BlowUp Gallery, Bart van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Avenue A - Z, Rotterdam, NL
2007 Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Andy Warhol, Amsterdam, NL
2008 BlowUp Gallery, Dutch Nudes, Amsterdam, NL
2008 BlowUp Gallery, 40 Years of Fashion, Amsterdam, NL
2009 BlowUp Gallery, Uppercuts, Amsterdam, NL
2010 DFF Gallery, ZOOM, Eyes on Dutch Fashion, The Hague, NL
nabelichting, de brouwerij / brainbooks
wouter van leeuwen gallery hazenstraat 27 1016 sm amsterdam
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