Jan Coppens
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Jan Coppens (1937–2000) was a Dutch photographer, teacher, and a pioneering photo historian. He studied at the Akademie voor Industriële Vormgeving in Eindhoven, the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, and the École du Louvre in Paris. Coppens was the first photo historian in the Netherlands and Belgium to systematically research the development of photography. He published hundreds of articles and over ten books, notably 'Een camera vol stilte' (1976), 'De Bewogen camera' (1982), and 'Door de enkele werking van het licht' (1989). He also worked on the history of photography in Brabant, resulting in the exhibition and book 'Het licht van de 19de eeuw' (1997). He is often remembered for his meticulous archival research into the lives and works of early Dutch and Belgian photographers.[1,2]
- photo history
- Dutch photography
- Belgium photography
- early photography
Books
Works by Jan Coppens
- 1976 Een camera vol stilte: Nederland in het begin van de fotografie, 1839-1875 Compilation of early Dutch photography.
- 1982 De Bewogen camera About early social-documentary and propaganda photography.
- 1989 Door de enkele werking van het licht Introduction and integration of photography in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- 1997 Het licht van de 19de eeuw Introduction of photography in the province of Noord-Brabant.