Friso Keuris

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Friso Keuris studied at the Royal Academy The Hague (1982-1987) and has been working as a portrait photographer since 1989. His customers and patrons include a wide variety of leading national and international magazines, publishers and companies. Over the years he has portrayed many famous and influential artists, writers, musicians, actors, important politicians and royals.

Besides the commissions, Friso works on long-term personal projects. He portrays eyewitnesses of historical events- and those connected to historical institutes and incidents.

Work in commission / Publications:
ABN AMRO, AKZO, Arbeiderspers, Bouwfonds, Crossmarks, Donemus, Elsevier, Eneco, Ernst & Young, Esquire, Financieel Dagblad, Gall & Gall, HP / de Tijd, Institutional Investor, KLM, KPN, Libération, Linda Magazine, Mercedes, New York Times, NIB Capital, Parool, Nuon, PostNL, Querido, Quote, Safe, Vara Gids, Vernis, Volkskrant Banen, Volkswagen.

Projects:

2022 - 'Of an islands paradise and disturbed earth’. Photo book designed by Teun van der Heijden about the residenties of Josip Bro Tito, the images made at the ICTY The Hague in combination with images from the database used as exhibits during the court sessions.

2019 Pendulum - Project made in Pirna, Germany of the production af the sculpture for the European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam

2016 - From the 1950’s onwards Tito spent his summers at Brijuni, a small archipelago along the west coast of the Istrian region of Croatia. As I see it, this former summer residence embodies the beginning and the end of the Yugoslavian dream, in which Tito firmly believed. In September 2016 I extensively photographed the summer residence of the late Josip Broz Tito, former president of Yugoslavia as it was then. With the help of a Russian researcher, months of patience and the eventual permission of the Croatian prime minister I was able to gain access to this unique place. During the Les Rencontre, Festival de la Photographie in Arles France it had its première.

ICTY
2001 – 2003 / 2013-2015: Friso created the unique opportunity for himself to work in the heavily guarded Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Friso documented a look behind the scenes. This project was a successful solo exhibition in the Fotomuseum Den Haag in 2005 / 2006. It was partly funded by Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst. The portraits were nominated for the ECB Photo Award and were published in the catalogue 'Europe' and exhibited in Cologne and Frankfurt in 2008.

Amsterdam in woorden
2008: solo exhibition of 60 writers’ portraits at the OBA (Amsterdam public library ) and on billboards throughout Amsterdam during the Unesco event ‘Amsterdam Boekenstad’. Atheneum Polak published these portraits in the book ‘Amsterdam in woorden’.

Dutchbat III
2006 – 2010: a series of 68 portraits of former soldiers of the UN battalion that witnessed the drama of Srebrenica in 1995. Then the project resulted in a solo exhibition in Gemak, The Hague. It was funded by the BKVB (Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts), and published as a book ‘Dutchbat III’. The preface is by Ad van Liempt and all the personal stories are written by Friso. Published by WBooks.

Composers
Since 2012 Friso is working on an overview of the Dutch composers of modern classical music.

Exhibitions:
Fotomuseum Den Haag, Gemak, De Paviljoens, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim