Typical Dutch - Jan Dirk van der Burg
Typical Dutch cheerfully rejects the idea that the Netherlands is ordinary. Counter-examples range from polder Buddhism to disguised garbage cans to the ingenuity of the low-maintenance front garden. This book presents witty reflections and a unique perspective on everyday life. Once you've leafed through it, you'll never look at your surroundings in the same way again. At every street corner, you'll stop and wonder: Why?
Typical Dutch shows what the Netherlands is like, a country where the desire to stand out and the desire to belong compete for priority. Over the past few years, Jan Dirk van der Burg, known to newspapers such as NRC and Volkskrant and also Fotograaf des Vaderlands (Photographer of the Netherlands), has travelled the country to capture it in pictures. Typical Dutch brings together Van der Burg's remarkable series of photographs in a strange portrait of a country that considers itself very ordinary. If you think you know the Netherlands, buy this book.
Published by nai010 publishers 2022
22 x 26.5cm
272 pages
ISBN : 978-94-6208-667-8
Typical Dutch cheerfully rejects the idea that the Netherlands is ordinary. Counter-examples range from polder Buddhism to disguised garbage cans to the ingenuity of the low-maintenance front garden. This book presents witty reflections and a unique perspective on everyday life. Once you've leafed through it, you'll never look at your surroundings in the same way again. At every street corner, you'll stop and wonder: Why?
Typical Dutch shows what the Netherlands is like, a country where the desire to stand out and the desire to belong compete for priority. Over the past few years, Jan Dirk van der Burg, known to newspapers such as NRC and Volkskrant and also Fotograaf des Vaderlands (Photographer of the Netherlands), has travelled the country to capture it in pictures. Typical Dutch brings together Van der Burg's remarkable series of photographs in a strange portrait of a country that considers itself very ordinary. If you think you know the Netherlands, buy this book.
Published by nai010 publishers 2022
22 x 26.5cm
272 pages
ISBN : 978-94-6208-667-8
Typical Dutch cheerfully rejects the idea that the Netherlands is ordinary. Counter-examples range from polder Buddhism to disguised garbage cans to the ingenuity of the low-maintenance front garden. This book presents witty reflections and a unique perspective on everyday life. Once you've leafed through it, you'll never look at your surroundings in the same way again. At every street corner, you'll stop and wonder: Why?
Typical Dutch shows what the Netherlands is like, a country where the desire to stand out and the desire to belong compete for priority. Over the past few years, Jan Dirk van der Burg, known to newspapers such as NRC and Volkskrant and also Fotograaf des Vaderlands (Photographer of the Netherlands), has travelled the country to capture it in pictures. Typical Dutch brings together Van der Burg's remarkable series of photographs in a strange portrait of a country that considers itself very ordinary. If you think you know the Netherlands, buy this book.
Published by nai010 publishers 2022
22 x 26.5cm
272 pages
ISBN : 978-94-6208-667-8
