In Halfweg between Amsterdam and Haarlem, the old sugar factory has been converted into a modern building, I chose to photograph the facades so that it is no longer a building but an abstract entity
My name is Hans Staphorst and I was born in 1947 and trained as a photographer at the FotoVakSchool. Since 1976, I have worked as a photographer at the International Institute of Social History (IISG). Besides working at the IISH, I was active in the Amsterdam Photographers' Collective.. Read more…