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.

Vintage (1980s/90s)

Photos from the 1980s/90s.

Vintage

USA, South Carolina, Union. Sharpe Ave.

Azerbaidzjan, 1994. Refugees from Lachin, an area between Armenia and the enclave Nagorno–Karabach, which was conquered by the Armenians in april 1992. These people now live in an old student flat in Baku. Among the few things they could bring are portraits of family members, who were killed in the war.

Foto Jan Banning.
Nijmegen, bouw spoorbrug over de Waal.
Holland. Construction of railway bridge over the river Waal in Nijmegen.

Photo Jan Banning, 1998.
Bouw van Kattevoerfabriek in Coevorden.
Holland/ the Netherlands. Construction work at Catfood factory in town of Coevorden.

Foto Jan Banning, 1987.
Cambodjaanse vluchtelingen, site 8. Vluchtelingenkamp, bestuurd door de Rode Khmer. Kind en landmijnslachtoffer in ruimte voor fysiotherapie.
Cambodian Refugee camp in Thailand, “Site 8”, run by the Khmer Rouge. Child and land mine victim in the physiotherapy room.

Foto Jan Banning.
Cambodja. Landmijnslachtoffer (in deur v.d. wagon) e.a. passagiers in de trein naar Battambang, op het station van Phnom Penh.
Cambodia. Military land mine victim and other passengers in the train to Battambang, Phnom Penh station.

Foto Jan Banning.
Cambodja. Soldaten van het regeringsleger lopen over de restanten van een in de Rode-Khmertijd (1975-79) aangelegde dam, omgeving Kampot.
Cambodia. Soldiers from the government army cross the remains of a dam, built in the Khmer Rouge period (1975-79).

Foto Jan Banning.
Liberia. Class room in an improvised school in Monrovia.
Liberia. Klas in een geïmproviseerd schooltje in Monrovia.

Foto Jan Banning, 3/2002, Mozambique.
Mozambique. Water halende vrouw op door oorlog (verwaarlozing) en erosie geruineerde asfaltweg in Angoche.
Mozambique. Woman with water can on asphalt road in Angoche, that suffered badly from war (neglection) and erosion.
Mozambik, Maputo. Wasser holende Frau auf einer Strasse in Angoche, die schwer gelitten hat von Krieg (Vernachlässigung) und Erosion.

Mozambique. Nampula stuwdam (Staudamm, Dam).

photo Jan Banning.
Poland 1995. Farmer’s son watches “The Bold and the Beautiful” in his parents’ bedroom in a village near Lublin.

Foto Jan Banning, 1981.
Spanje, Cordoba: schoenmaker, veteraan uit de Spaanse Burgeroorlog, met heiligen- en pin-upafbeeldingen aan de wand.
Spain, Cordoba: shoemaker, veteran from the Spanish Civil War, with saints and pin-up on the wall.

Foto Jan Banning, sept/oct. 1999.
East Timor. Refugees/displaced children (IDP’s) play on Dili’s beach, where they feel protected by Interfet. In the background (right) the remains of Indonesian invasionfleet from 1975 and, further away, some of the Interfet ships.
Oost-Timor. Vluchtelingenkinderen spelen op het strand in Dili, waar ze zich beschermd weten door Interfet. In de achtergrond (rechts) de verroeste restanten van de landingsvaartuigen van de Indonesische invasievloot uit 1975, en verderop enkele schepen van de Interfetvloot.

Vintage (1980s/90s)

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