• Jan Banning
    May 4th 1954, Almelo

    Dutch photographer and artist. Banning was born in the Netherlands from Dutch-East-Indies parents. He studied social and economic history at the Radboud University Nijmegen, and has been working as a photographer since 1981. A central theme of Banning's practice is state power, having produced series about the long-term consequences of war and the world of government bureaucracy.

Books

Banning is the photographer for numerous books, including Schaamte en onschuld (Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2010, text Hilde Janssen); Alledaagse macht (Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2008, text Will Tinnemans); De kunst van het overleven (Uitgeverij SDU, The Hague, 2004, text Wim Willems); The Prize of Paradise (Inmerc, Wormer, 2004, about the new EU-countries, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture); and A Day in the Life of Thailand (Collins, San Francisco, 1995) and many others.

All books that are still available can be ordered through this website.