Guus Rijven
The documentary photographer is a storyteller who does not consider reality to be essential to the truth. True is the same as credible. The reader/spectator is either taken in or not. If it fits into the story, it’s real and true.
| Training & Work | ||
| 1965-1970 | Building engineering | |
| 1970-1975 | Graphic Design Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | |
| 1975- | free-lance photographer, designer, artist | |
| Sidelines | ||
| 1983-1992 | Vrije Academie, The Hague supervisor photography | |
| 1989-2010 | stichting Hollands Negatief chairman | |
| 1998 | Price of the City of Antwerp; Summer of the Photography, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 1991-1992 | kunstenaarsinitiatief Het Archief participant and visual archivist | |
| 1990-2017 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague professor documentary photography | |
| 2001 | De Zilveren Camera, the Nederlands, category Art; 1st price | |
| 2000 | nomination, several publications, M.I.L.K., New Zealand general winner | |
| 2000-2006 | Artoteek Den Haag member of the board | |
| 2000-2002 | GKf -Nederland, Association for Pro Photographers member of the board | |
| 2004-2005 | PROductie regeling, Stroom Den Haag commissioner | |
| 2007 | Hidden Stories, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam; IDFA Film Festival curator | |
| 2010 | Dutch Doc Award nominee & shortlist | |
| 2010 | Photo-assignment province of Gelderland, through ‘Fonds’BKVB commissioner | |
| 2011 | Paul Schuitemaprijs commissioner | |
| 2012 | Black&White Spider Awards #7 nominee Architecture & Portrait | |
| 2014-2022 | Paul Schuitemaprijs commissioner | 2015-2017 | Storytelling: Portraying an Absentee conductor of the course | 2017 | History Repeats Itself; De Witte Society lecture | 2018 | Kunst.nl Award Photography nominee | Stroom Den Haag PRO grant | 2019 | SO-Awards Photography nominee | Stichting Fonds Anna Cornelis grant | 2020 | Bijzondere Collecties Universitaire Bibliotheken, Leiden in collection |
| Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam in collection | ||
| Assignments | ||
| magazines, travel, architecture & interior design, art | ||
| Eigen Huis & Interieur, Elegance, Ouders van Nu, Plaatwerk, Focus, Waterkampioen, Casa Vogue, La Mia Casa, Volkskrant, de Waarheid, Stroom hcbk, architectenburo's, gemeente Den Haag, DSO, gemeente Delft, Schiphol, Stadsherstel, theater Zeebelt, Zam magazine, de Ketelfactory, Stichting Forest for Ever, De Electriciteitsfabriek, Kadmium, Nederlands Architectuur Museum |