About

Jan Banning was born in The Netherlands in 1954, from Dutch-East-Indies immigrant parents. He studied social and economic history at the University of Nijmegen and has been working as a photographer since 1981.

Rooted in both art and journalism, Banning’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries and published widely in books, magazines and newspapers. The central theme in his work is state power (and its abuse). Banning has produced series on the long-term consequences of war and the world of government bureaucracy. Recently, he finished a portrait series of World War II “comfort women” in Indonesia.

Aside from Dutch, Banning is fluent in English, German and Spanish, speaks French reasonably well, and some Portuguese and Indonesian.

Representation/Agencies

Gallery: For print sales, Banning’s work is represented worldwide (except in Europe, where it is represented by himself), by Anastasia Photo, 166 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002, phone: 212-677-9725, fax: 212-677-9726, www.anastasia-photo.com.

Agencies: For print media, his work is represented by the agencies laif (Cologne, Germany), Panos (London, UK), and Hollandse Hoogte (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Exhibitions: Tina Keck mail@tinakeck.de
Personal Agent: Maartje Wildeman maartjewildeman@chello.nl

Selected Magazines and Newspapers

Banning’s photographs have been published in several magazines and newspapers:

Foreign Policy (USA)
Newsweek
The New Yorker
Time
Geo (Germany and 13 other countries)
Der Spiegel (Germany)
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine
The Guardian Weekend
The Independent
L’Espresso
XL Semanal
Liberation
Le Monde
Politiken
Esquire (Russia)
NRC/Handelsblad
De Volkskrant
Vrij Nederland
Tempo (Indonesia)
Kompas (Indonesia)

Selected Bibliography

Among the many publications written about Banning and his work are those in Whitewall Magazine (Spring 2009), Photonews (December 2008), Art on Paper (September/October 2008), and Photo District News (February 2007).