Dirk de Herder (1914-2003) - De Midinetjes, Parijs 1946, gelatin silver print (SIGNED)

SIGNED and stamped on verso, sheet size/ image size 30.5 x 40.5 cm, later printed, gelatin silver print, matted and signed on the mat

Dirk de Herder was born in 1914 in Rotterdam and grew up in an artistic milieu; his father Alle de Herder was a musician. De Herder initially became a painter, but soon discovered that photography allowed him to express his passions: looking and composing. With Brassaï, working from Paris, De Herder maintained personal contact, while in the Netherlands he connected with Henri Berssenbrugge. He also moved in circles of visual artists; he was for a time the photographer for the Cobra movement, which helped him get to know Karel Appel and Corneille well. His work also brought him to VARA, where from 1954 to 1964 he photographed hundreds of artists, including the Doorsnee family, Pipo the Clown, Dorus (Tom Manders) and pianist Arthur Rubinstein. In De Herder’s “photographic dreams” light plays a prominent role. He often found his subjects close to home: flowers, people, streets and beaches. They feature in his finest photos: of an open window with lace, shot with backlighting, and of gleaming streets after a nighttime rain shower. It is no accident that artistic photographers such as Brassaï, André Kertész and Man Ray were among his inspirations.

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