Eddy Seesing

Eddy Seesing is born 1964 at Herwen & Aerdt in the Netherlands.He lives and works in Rotterdam. Eddy Seesing is an audiovisual portraitist. After intensive cultural anthropological research of a specifically defined group in western society, Seesing develops a concept. These concepts lead to series of portraits in the media photography and/or video. With these series of portraits Eddy Seesing creates installations, exhibitions. Seesing shows the portrayed individuals as part of a larger framework of social and specific professional and economic relations. Apart from documenting a certain group in western society, Seesing aims at influencing public opinion. He uses the media photography and video to create works of cultural and societal analyses. Since his graduation from the Academy of Design Seesing created the following works: Topmanagers (1994/1995), Opera Sopranos (1997/1999), Boughaz: portrait of three generations Moroccans in Gouda (2001/2003), Religion Today - Spirituality in the Netherlands (2004/2011) with this project he published his first book (ISBN 978 90 6868 544 2). At the moment Eddy Seesing is doing research for his new topic: Lobbyists.

Academy of Design, Tilburg, NL field of study: Audio-Visual Design, graduated in documentary photography and 16mm film;
Workshop Magnum photographer Martin Parr, Alden Biesen estate, Belgium

Opening dates 'Religion Today - Spirituality in Europe' solo photography exhibitions:
June 12th 2016 Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll (DE)

Exhibitions in the past at (selected)

* Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL

* Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art (MUHKA), Belgium

* Les Rencontres d'Arles, France

* Museum voor fotografie Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, NL

* The national institute for photography in the Netherlands, Rotterdam, NL

* Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria

* Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC) Malaga, Spain

* KunstRai/Art Amsterdam, NL

* Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany

* English National Opera, London, UK