Mattie Boom
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Mattie Boom is a prominent Dutch art historian and the curator of photography at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. She was appointed as the museum's first curator of photography in 1994 and has since been instrumental in building and developing one of the most significant photography collections in Europe, comprising over 200,000 works. Her expertise spans a wide range of topics, including American photography, the history of amateur photography in the Netherlands, and the work of specific photographers such as Ed van der Elsken. She has received international acclaim for her curatorial excellence and has served in various roles at the Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst before her long tenure at the Rijksmuseum.[1,2,3,4,5]
- American photography
- amateur photography
- Dutch photography history
- curatorial excellence
Books
Works by Mattie Boom
- 1991 FOTOLEXICON De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse fotografie Main book linked to the query
- 2019 Everyone a Photographer: The Rise of Amateur Photography in the Netherlands
- 2025 American Photography Major overview exhibition
- 2007 Nieuwe geschiedenis van de fotografie in Nederland
- 2020 Feest. Ed van der Elsken
Awards
- 2025 DGPh Manfred Heiting Medal of Curatorial Excellence in Photography
- 2023 AIPAD Award