Ed van der Elsken - Untitledl - image-1

Lot 607 N

Ed van der Elsken - Untitledl

Auction 1210 - overview Cologne
02.12.2022, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.134 € (incl. premium)

Ed van der Elsken

Untitledl
c. 1960

Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 16,3 x 23,8 cm. Handwritten instructions for reproduction and numbered by the photographer in pencil as well as photographer's stamp on the verso. - Matted.

In 1959/1960, Ed von der Elsken and Gerda van der Veen, his second wife, undertook a 14-month journey from West Africa to Southeast Asia on behalf of the Dutch television Company to work on a reportage. Six years later, the photographer and filmmaker published his legendary photo book "Sweet life", which, through its radical juxtapositions, draws a visually striking summary from the impressions of the journey.