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Prinsessen en vrouwenrechten
Een onderzoek naar de visuele geschiedenis van vrouwenrechten. In 2003 werd mijn tv-documentaire over fotografe Eva Besnyö, waaraan ik ruim…
Frieda and the Hidden Animals
Frieda en het Ongedierte (Frieda and the Hidden Animals) are set free! Now on YouTube for everybody who has VR…
Eva Besnyö – the choice collection
Leo Erken’s first television documentary about the great Dutch – Hungarian photographer Eva Besnyö (1910-2003).
Ulitza – Photos by Leo Erken from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union 1987-2003
You can find the website Ulitza here. Feel free to use the ‘for free’ option and travel trough time. Text…
Saving Photography
The title of this project surprised some people who have heard me using a similar phrase in a different context…
Let us stop smothering the new generation with our nostalgia. – On art education – episode one.
Leo Erken, December 9, 2015 A photographer friend who has a romantic heart told me about the day she and her…
Team Play – On art education – episode two
Leo Erken, December 31, 2015. Sitting in a bar in the late nineties with colleagues who work in the creative…
Arts and economics – On art education – episode three
Leo Erken, Februari 17, 2016 On a recent rainy Sunday afternoon my former students of photography posted many Instagram and…
Ulitza – War in Chechnya – photos by Leo Erken
Leo Erken: in November 2019 it was 25 years ago that the Chechen war started. I was a 30 year…
On the Road
A small selection of photo’s made by Leo Erken during various trips around the globe.
The Amsterdam Tulip Museum
In 2013/2014 Leo Erken made a new film about the Dutch Tulip world for The Amsterdam Tulip Museum. The 10…