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]
- humanism
- portraiture
- travel reportage
- war photography
Books
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Vrouwen van Rome€15.00
Works by Sam Waagenaar
- 1959 Vrouwen van Rome Photobook with text by Alberto Moravia.
- 1960 De kleine vijf Photobook of countries in which the documentary film 'Letter to Five Countries' was shot.
- 1957 Asien Photobook of Asia.
- 1957 Länder am Roten Meer Photobook of countries on the Red Sea.
- 1960 Vrouwen van Israël Photobook.
- 1958 Kinderen kennen geen grenzen Photobook.
Exhibitions
- 1993 Sam Waagenaar kijkt naar mensen
- 1961 Traveling solo exhibition of photos shot in Israel
References
- University of Leiden. 1997 link