OLAF, Erwin

About Dutch photographer, Erwin OLAF (1959-2023)

Erwin OLAF was born in 1959 in Hilversum. He began capturing nightlife in the 1980s with documentary photography and went on to develop into an artist who, as a director and photographer, creates cinematic photographs that are usually characterized by a mystical atmosphere. His work is recognized worldwide and has been presented many times in exhibitions.

Photo books by and on the work of Erwin OLAF (a selection)

• 'Mind of their own' (1995); 'Blacks' (1997); 'Violence and Passion' (2000); 'Silver' (2004, 2005); 'Rain / Hope' (2006); 'Fall' (2008); 'Monografie' (2008); 'Darts of Pleasure. 1984-2009); 'Own. Works 1984-2012' (2013); 'Volume II' (2014); 'I am' (2019); 'Unheimlich schön' (2021), 'Strange Beauty' (2021); 'Gallery of Homour of Dutch Photography' (2021)