Sam Waagenaar

photographer · author

Samuel (Sam) Waagenaar was a Dutch photojournalist, filmmaker, and author. Born in Amsterdam in 1908, he began his career in publicity for MGM before emigrating to the United States in 1929. He worked as a correspondent during World War II, notably photographing the liberation of Paris and covering the Nuremberg trials. In 1946, he settled in Rome, where he spent much of his life as a freelance photojournalist, traveling extensively across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. His work is characterized by humanistic portraiture and an interest in facial expressions and physiognomic traits. He published several photobooks for Uitgeverij Bruna, including 'Vrouwen van Rome' (1959) and 'De kleine vijf' (1960). Waagenaar returned to the Netherlands in 1992 and died in Blaricum in 1997.^[1]

Themes

humanism
portraiture
travel reportage
war photography

Books

Vrouwen van Rome
photographer · author

Works by Sam Waagenaar

Vrouwen van Rome 1959 · A.W. Bruna & Zoon · book · Dutch Photobook with text by Alberto Moravia.
De kleine vijf 1960 · Uitgeverij Bruna · book · Dutch Photobook of countries in which the documentary film 'Letter to Five Countries' was shot.
Asien 1957 · Süddeutscher Verlag · book · German Photobook of Asia.
Länder am Roten Meer 1957 · Süddeutscher Verlag · book · German Photobook of countries on the Red Sea.
Vrouwen van Israël 1960 · A.W. Bruna & Zoon · book · Dutch Photobook.
Kinderen kennen geen grenzen 1958 · A.W. Bruna & Zoon · book · Dutch Photobook.

Exhibitions

1993 Sam Waagenaar kijkt naar mensen Rosa Spier House, Laren solo
1961 Traveling solo exhibition of photos shot in Israel Fodor Museum, Amsterdam solo

References

University of Leiden. 1997 link