Emmy Eugenie Andriesse

photographer

Dutch^[1] b. 14 January 1914, The Hague, Netherlands^[1] d. 20 February 1953, Amsterdam, Netherlands^[1] active 1932–1953

Emmy Eugenie Andriesse (1914–1953) was a prominent Dutch photographer known for her modernist approach and documentary work. Born into a liberal Jewish family in The Hague, she studied advertising design at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague from 1932 to 1937, where she developed an interest in photography under the influence of designers like Paul Schuitema. During World War II, due to her Jewish ancestry, she was forced into hiding and joined 'De Ondergedoken Camera' (The Underground Camera), a clandestine group of photographers who documented the hardships of the Nazi occupation, including the 1944-1953 famine in Amsterdam. Postwar, she became an associate of Ed van der Elsken and worked as a fashion photographer. Her work is noted for its humanist perspective on social issues, landscapes, and portraits.^[1,2]

• documentary photography
• famine
• resistance
• fashion
• portraits