Jeroen Robert Kramer (born 1967 in
Amsterdam) is a Dutch contemporary photographer.
He started his career as a freelance photographer for the Dutch quality daily De
Volkskrant which sent him to
Iraq to cover the invasion in 2003. Since then he has worked extensively in the Middle east. He is most famous for his work for magazines and newspapers such as ''
The New York Times'',
Vanity Fair and
Der Spiegel
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that has taken him to many conflict zones in the past decade, including
Afghanistan,
Kenya,
Lebanon,
Iraq, the
Philippines and
Pakistan.
In 2008 Kramer decided he no longer wanted to work as a documentary photographer. This led to the publication of his book Room 103 in which he mixes ordinary life in the Middle east with images of violence. In his opinion his earlier work focused too much on violence and thereby created a distorted view of the world. With Room 103, he gives an intimate view of life in the Middle east.
The book was awarded the top Dutch documentary award, The Dutch Doc award and the New York Photo festival book award.
Selected bibliography
*Une Femme
*Beyrouth objets trouvés
*Dutch Heights 2010
*Room 103
*La vita nuda
*Act of faith
*Nazar
Awards
*2011 Dutch art council grant.
*2010
New York Photo Festival
The New York Photo Festival was founded in January 2007 by Frank Evers and Daniel Power in an effort to establish a U.S. photo festival dedicated to the "future of contemporary photography" and to the exposure of new works. It takes place every ...
book award.
*2010 Dutch doc award.
*2007 Zilveren Camera
*2005 Zilveren Camera.
*2004 Fuji award.
Selected exhibitions
*2016 Museum for Photography Amsterdam
*2012 Museum of contemporary art Rome
*2012 Breda photo festival
*2011 Q contemporary art gallery (Lebanon)
*2011
New York Photo Festival
The New York Photo Festival was founded in January 2007 by Frank Evers and Daniel Power in an effort to establish a U.S. photo festival dedicated to the "future of contemporary photography" and to the exposure of new works. It takes place every ...
(United States)
*2010
Umam Documentation & Research
UMAM Documentation and Research (UMAM D&R) is a nonprofit cultural organization founded in 2004 by Lokman Slim and Monika Borgmann. It is located in Haret Hreik, a town part of the Dahieh Southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that was heavily bombe ...
(Lebanon)
*2009
Noorderlicht
Noorderlicht (Dutch for "Northern Light") is a multifaceted and international platform for documentary photography. Based in Groningen, Netherlands, Noorderlicht organizes an annual photo festival, runs a photo gallery, a publishing house, provi ...
(The Netherlands)
*2008
Triennale di Milano (Italy)
*2007 Act of Faith ( The Netherlands)
*2005 Fotofest Houston Texas (United States)
*2004 Nazar
Noorderlicht
Noorderlicht (Dutch for "Northern Light") is a multifaceted and international platform for documentary photography. Based in Groningen, Netherlands, Noorderlicht organizes an annual photo festival, runs a photo gallery, a publishing house, provi ...
(The Netherlands)
References
External links
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*http://www.lorientlejour.com/archives/overview.php?id=A650611
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120305140327/http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/afleveringen/42560827/items/42836161/
*http://programma.ntr.nl/424/kunststof/detail/aflevering/10379832/Kunststof
*http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/ikon/OBAlive/20091210/room103.wmv
*http://www.ikonrtv.nl/radio747live/program.asp?lIntEntityId=1240
*http://www.noorderlicht.com
1967 births
Living people
Dutch photojournalists
Photographers from Amsterdam
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