Jan van IJken (Amersfoort, 1965) is a documentary photographer.
Recent projects are New Neighbours and A touch of Divinity - Images of devotion in Eastern Europe. For this last series, done between 1997-2000, he photographed pilgrimages, liturgies and other religious rituals in Poland, Rumania, Slovakia and Ukraine.
He uses natural light whenever possible, with an eye for detail and composition. It is evident from his work that he deeply cares about the people which are his subject matter.
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His latest project is Precious Animals, which is the eighth in a series of photo commissions organized by the Rijksmuseum jointly with NRC Handelsblad under the title Document Nederland.
Precious Animals is about the complex relationship people have with animals: animals as efficiently produced consumer products for people, animals as objects for medical research to benefit humans, and animals as objects of human love and affection.
In his photos Jan van IJken examines the value attached to animals in the Netherlands. He makes no judgment, but encourages us to reflect about our own values and our occasional double standards. |
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Contact:
Jan van IJken
Ter Haarkade 31
2321 AT Leiden
The Netherlands
Phone/Fax +31 71 8904404
Mobile +31 6 54321604
Email:
fotojan@xs4all.nl |
