Let's sit down before we go

Bertien van Manen | Let’s sit down before we go 19 March 2012 - 24 June 2012This spring Foam will present the solo exhibition Let’s sit down before we go by Bertien van Manen (1942). More than 60 photos will be on show, created between 1991 and 2009. During that time, Van Manen regularly and extensively travelled with a small 35mm camera through Russia, Moldavia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tatarstan and Georgia. She stayed for long periods with the people she met on her travels, learned their language and usually became friends with them. This produced intimate and sometimes tender photos resulting from a personal and sincere relationship. In Bertien van Manen’s humanistic approach, photographer and subject are equals and the mutual respect is palpable.
More info: http://foam.org/press/2012/bertien-van-manen