Over de Kloof die bestaat tussen jou en mij. en de verantwoordelijkheid die ik als fotograaf draag in de beeldvorming van de persoon voor de camera

Tobias Reinbrandt Haan

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Thesis of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, 2023 Photography In this research paper I aim to verbalize methods of working when portraying other people in order to find out how I want to tell the stories of people living in different social contexts than my own, through the realm of documentary making, in an honest and ethically justifiable way. My research consists of analyzing relevant aspects of the history of documentary photography over the last century. Through the work of artists like Dorothea Lange, Robert Capa, Nan Goldin & Susan Meiselas, a timeline is mapped out in which I recognize the role of the Western perspective and the changing dynamics within the domain of visual representation. Secondly, I make comparisons with the use of two case studies from the Netherlands. I describe elements of and reflect on the work of photographers Jan Hoek and Jan Dirk van der Burg, with both of whom I share an arguably similar background. By doing so, I counter their practices while verbalizing a way of working for myself. Lastly, the research done for the paper contains the tracing of my past, and the path that I have walked to come to this point. With the recognition of the privileges in my background, I have been able to better position myself as a photographer.

type	research exposition
keywords	PHOTOGRAPHY, representation, portraiture, socially engaged art, Bachelor Photography
date	16/06/2023
published	21/05/2025
last modified	21/05/2025
status	published
share status	shared in portal(s):
copyright	Tobias de Haan
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	Dutch
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2206680/2206679
published in	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
portal issue	1. Publications 2023

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Over de Kloof die bestaat tussen jou en mij. en de verantwoordelijkheid die ik als fotograaf draag in de beeldvorming van de persoon voor de camera (2025)