- 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.
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[…] 70s and 80s. Together they compiled these intimate oral histories and portraits in a book titled Comfort Women. Jan […]
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[…] Dutch book Schaamte en onschuld (shame and innocence) by Dutch anthropologist Hilde Janssen with impressive portraits of the Indonesian Jugun Ianfu by Jan Banning has been on my must read list it was published in April 2010. I finished reading this book […]
[…] antropolog Belanda, Hilde Janssen, dan portret para Jugun Ianfu yang mengesankan karya Jan Banning (https://www.janbanning.com/gallery/comfort-women/ ) sudah ada dalam daftar buku yang harus saya baca sejak terbitnya di bulan April 2010. Setelah […]
[…] PHOTOS: Comfort Women […]
[…] https://www.janbanning.com/gallery/comfort-women/ […]
[…] influence through the country, the Japanese military introduced comfort women to their soldiers. Comfort women were women who were kidnap from China, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan, these women were […]
[…] the forgotten pockets of society from the impoverished in Malawi to women forced into a life of prostitution in Asia and decided that photographing the homeless community in color and in a studio environment would […]
[…] “Comfort Women” was the name they were given in World War II. Of the 200,000 women, there are only 55 women left who are still registered with the South Korean government as former sex slaves. Although there have been numerous apologies made on behalf of the Japanese government to these women, they have not acknowledged the women were coerced into the prostitution, instead they have deflected by saying use of military prostitutes was a common wartime practice worldwide. This is conflicting with many wartime documents that show proof the women were deceived and forced into being sex slaves to the Japanese army. […]
[…] portret van Wainem is het bekendste beeld uit de nieuwste serie van Jan Banning, Troostmeisjes. Het is niet moeilijk om te begrijpen waarom dat is. Het is de foto die het meest contrasteert met […]