Company photobook of Koninklijke Textielfabrieken Nijverdal-Ten Cate N.V on the occasion of the celebration of 100 years of mechanical weaving.
Photographs by Cas Oorthuys, text by Bert Schierbeek.
Book is accompanied by letter from the direction (in french).
8 color and around 100 duotone plates - a selection from the 7,000 or so negatives of photographs taken in the Belgian Congo in 1959 by Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys (1906-1985) - the color plates portray "guaranteed Dutch" local textiles
Awarded by the CPNB as one of the fifty best-designed books in 1953. Major Dutch company book.Clothbacked with illustrated paper-covered boards, spiral bound, housed in illustrated cardboard slipcase with cloth on 3 sides.
Ed always put two pictures side by side each in a different way creating an associative relationship, interspersed with a few photos on a double page. Witty, touching and surprising.
First edition of the scarce retrospective volume, with over 200 full-page color and black-and-white photographic images spanning van der Elsken"s career, in scarce silver foil dust jacket. Book design by Jan van Toorn.
Complete series consisting of 4 books each 52 pages that include about 50 B/W images. Company photobooks for promotion of the Coöperatieve condensfabriek "Friesland "Part 1: images made in India, Malakka, Indonesia, Philippins, Hong Kong and Japan. Part 2: Images made in Africa. Part 3: Images made in Mexico and USA. Part 4: Images of children from around the world.
Introduction by A.de Swaan, illustrated throughout with colour and b/w reproductions of Van der Elsken's images of people in Holland. Original photo pictorial wrappers.
Company photobook of the Coöperative Condensfabriek Friesland published on the occassion of their 50th anniversary. With photographs of Ed van der Elsken and more.
32 pp text Evert Zandstra, 160 plates. Part VII of the series: Schoonheid van ons land / Beauty of our country. Woodfree paper in gravure. Typography, band, dust jacket by J. van Krimpen. Most of the photographs are from Oorthuys. Other photographers are: ANP 1x, 3x Nol Binsbergen, Carel Blazer 4x, 1x Kees Hana, Annelies Romein 1x, 1x Windig Ad
Photobook of the city of Arnhem by famous Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys (1908-1975), depicting the city town hall, the reminders of the Battle of Arnhem, the Church of St. Eusebius, etc. in total 239 photo's in colour and black-and-white. With a foreword by burgomaster Chris Matser.
Fine black-and-white plates in photogravure, text and design Ed van der Elsken. First Dutch edition; Martin Parr , The Photobook , vol 1, page 254/255.