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Overzicht van leven en werk van de Nederlandse fotografe (1914-1953).

Photographs by Beat Streuli, Gabriele Basilico. Text by Rene Boomkens, Hripsime Visser.

The Stedelijk Museum's photography collection is the oldest of its kind in a European museum for modern art. This catalogue presents a selection of 100 photographs from approximately 4,000 in the Museum's holdings. Drawing on famous masterpieces and lesser known images, this selection gives an impression of the quality of the collection and of the versatility of photography's potential for expression over the past century, from Eugene Atget to Andreas Gurski and from Lewis Hine to Nan Goldin.

The French photographer Mohamed Bourouissa (1978, Blida, Algeria) is interested in systems, in how society and particularly subcultures are structured. In his work, he explores the emergence of social processes. For his project Horseday (2013), he worked with a local Afro-American horse riding community in Philadelphia. Fascinated by these urban cowboys and the status which the riders derive from their stables and horses, Bourouissa organised a horse tuning event with artists and riders: a competition for the best decorated horse. Bourouissa translated this event into a series of impressive photos, a video for two screens and several sculptures. In his preparations for Horseday, Bourouissa made numerous sketches: drawings of sequences, draft compositions, quick watercolour sketches, a design for the preparation of the work. This artist book unfolds as a story with photos, sculptures and stills from Horseday, but Bourouissa also opens up his sketchbook, giving us a glimpse of his thinking process. This publication is a coproduction of Roma Publications and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.