Publisher's Synopsis
This title accompanies the exhibition 'Everyone a Photographer.' The amateur's photographs are truly fascinating snapshots of amazing quality and historical importance. These are the roots of modern photography as we have come to know it. By the end of the 19th century, people began to record their daily lives using small, handheld cameras. This made photography more direct, faster and dynamic. The similarity with our time, in which more and more people are taking photographs, is striking. Just like today, technology gained momentum, which made the photo industry big. In this book, Mattie Bloom describes the rise of amateur photography in the Netherlands: the photographers, the photographs, the albums, the key figures and the backgrounds.
