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In 'Manual Labour', artist Hannah Perry explores the relationship between labour, physical endurance, class and gender. The subjects matter is largely personal, relating to her family members’ occupation as metal workers and her own experiences of pregnancy.

Twenty photographers and visual artists working in the Netherlands show how photography has developed over the past ten years. Makers draw on existing forms and techniques, using them to explore what photography can be today. In the exhibition, photography appears as an image on the wall, but also in books, films, archives, installations, performances and digital technologies.

Ninety-nine iconic photographs tell the story of photography’s development in the Netherlands from 1842 to the present day. This selection showcases the milestones, innovations, and immense progress made by photographers between the invention of the medium and the techniques of today. These images hold iconic status due to their social and artistic significance.

From 20 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, the Nederlands Fotomuseum presents Violette Cornelius Rediscovered. More than 200 works bring together the life and work of photographer and resistance fighter Violette Cornelius (1919–1998). Much of her work remained hidden for decades and, following extensive research into her archive, is now being shown on this scale for the first time.

From 11 December 2026 to 11 April 2027, the Nederlands Fotomuseum presents ‘Dag Nederland’, an exhibition by photographer and filmmaker Marwan Magroun. Existing work from different periods is brought together with new photography created especially for the exhibition. Through themes such as intimacy, family, identity and representation, Magroun explores what it means to be Dutch, who gets to decide who is seen as Dutch and who gets to recognise themselves in that image.

From 22 January to 11 April 2027, the Nederlands Fotomuseum presents Li Yi-Fan. Screen Melancholy. Digital images, virtual figures and 3D-printed sculptures come together in an installation that examines how images are constructed. Li Yi-Fan poses a seemingly simple question: what is still the difference between human and image?

From 19 March 2027, the Nederlands Fotomuseum presents a survey of artist photographer Angèle Etoundi Essamba, spanning four decades of her work in photography, alongside text, video and sound.