Bedrijfscultuur in Nederland: ... tentoonstelling in het Rijksmuseum van 28 mei tot 30 augustus 1992 (Dutch Edition)

Staff posed at work, desks in long rows and boardrooms, assembly lines and office corridors: sixteen large Dutch companies photographed in the early 1990s, among them ABN AMRO, Fokker, Shell, KPMG and the Dutch railways. The pictures were made for the 16th photo commission of the Dutch History department of the Rijksmuseum, which began in 1990 and led to an exhibition in the museum. The two photographers work in different ways. Reinier Gerritsen builds stylised, carefully staged group portraits, while Luuk Kramer takes a documentary, narrative approach. Most of the many photographs are in colour and many are printed large, each aiming to show what sets a company apart. Corporate culture consists of written and, above all, unwritten rules, and most of it cannot be seen, which is what makes it hard to photograph. Short notes on the photographers' training and views accompany the images, and Paul de Hen writes on the meaning of the term corporate culture and how the photographers gave it form. For some companies a longer text explains the pictures. Catalogue to the exhibition.