If there is one dutch sixties photographer who deserves world recognition for his entire oeuvre it certainly is Ed van der Elsken. Over 40 years of work in photography and cinema gives a spectacular list of publications:
Een liefdesgeschiedenis in Saint Germain des Prés (1956)
Bagara (1958)
Jazz (1959)
Dans Theater (1960)
Nederlands Dans Theater (1960)
de jong & van dam nv 1912-1962 (1962)
Sweet Life (1966)
Wereldreis in foto’s vier delen (1967-1968)
Eye Love you (1977)
Zomaar in een sloot ergens bij Edam (1977)
Hallo! Een nieuwe Ed van der Elsken (1978)
Amsterdam! Oude foto’s 1947-1970 (1979)
Avonturen op het land (1980)
Parijs! Foto’s 1950-1954 (1981)
Amsterdam? (1984)
‘Are you famous?’ (1985)
Elsken: PARIS 1950-1954 (1985)
San-jeruman-de-pure no koi L’Amour à Saint Germain des Près (1986)
Jong Nederland ‘Adorabele rotzakken’ 1947-1987 (1987)
Elsken: JAPAN 1959-1960 Nippon data (1987)
De ontdekking van Japan (1988)
JAZZ Ed van der Elsken 1955-1959.61 (1988)
Natlab (1989)
Africa Ed van der Elsken 1957 (1990)
ONCE UPON A TIME (1991)
Once upon a time (1993)
l’Amour! (1995)
Hong Kong the way it was (1997)
Leve ik! Ed van der Elsken Foto & Film Essays Filmografie (1997)
Nippon data & After Ed van der Elsken (2000)
Fotografie + Film 1949-1990 Ed van der Elsken Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2000)
Eye love you Ed van der Elsken Fotografies + films (1949-1990) (2001)
55 Ed van der Elsken (2002)
My Amsterdam Ed van der Elsken (2005)
But there is one which is not on this list published by the official site of Ed van der Elsken. It is the exceptional publication made for the van Abbemuseum in 1961, designed by Wim Crouwel with contributions by Karel Appel ( who made a special inlay) , Schierbeek and Lucebert….photography… YES!, by Ed van der Elsken.
Like some of the others from the above publications this is available at www.ftn-books.com
and here are some of the others:
