Bertien van Manen, an icon of documentary photography, will be honored with an extensive retrospective exhibition in her hometown of Amsterdam at Stedelijk Museum in spring. Coinciding with this large museum show, Robert Morat Gallery is pleased to be able to present a survey show titled "Book Stories" in Berlin. Throughout her career, renowned Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen (*1942, The Hague) has been known for her publications. Her first two photo books, "One Hu…

Bertien van Manen | LET'S SIT DOWN BEFORE WE GOAusstellung im Schauraum Berlin vom 18. Februar bis zum 14. April 2012Zwischen 1991 und 2009 reist Bertien van Manen mit ihrer kleinen, analogen Kamera quer durch Asien und Ost-Europa. "Let's sit down before we go" ist ein Portrait der Orte, die van Manen besucht hat und der Menschen, die sie kennen gelernt hat, bei denen sie wohnte und die ihre Freunde wurden auf ihren Reisen durch Russland, Georgien…

The internationally renowed Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen (born 1942) is regarded as one of the renovators of documentary photography. Her work has been exhibited by all major photography institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris or the Fotomuseum Winterthur and published internationally. Bertien van Manen's work is found in major collections, both public and private. The Robert Morat Galerie presents Bertien van…