About Us
Digital technologies have caused a seismic change to our position as documentary makers and have given us endless possibilities in narrative formats. We started experimenting with more layered forms of storytelling fusing the hyperrealism of documentary with the more abstract and conceptual qualities within the visual arts. This approach gives us the space to work in a more abstract way, connecting different narrative forms and disciplines. It is precisely at this position that we feel comfortable and are able to tap into deeper layers, more reflective, looking at larger movements and developments in today’s world. The accessibility of large quantities of image, sound and other sources play an important role in our work. The non-linearity, the simultaneous, is key to several of our projects.
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Robert Knoth & Antoinette De Jong
BOOKS
- 2012
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, explores the shadow sides of globalisation
- Published by Y-doc/Hatje Cantz, ISBN 978377573337
- 2008
- Hira Mandi, portrays the life of transsexuals in the Red Light District of Lahore, Pakistan
- Published by Mets and Schilt, ISBN 9789053306308
- 2006
- Certificate no. 000358/, a book about the long term consequences of nuclear accidents in four major nuclear disaster zones in the former Soviet Union
- Published by Mets and Schilt, ISBN 9789053305065
- 2002
- Half Life, documents the lasting impact of several nuclear accidents in the Chelyabinsk region in Russia
- Published by Greenpeace International
- 1993
- Nederlandse Pophelden, a collection of portraits of Holland’s pop artists, the most famous as well as the most obscure
- Published by Luitingh Sijtthof, ISBN 9789024512386
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
- 2018
- Poppy Interactive: War and organized Crime gone Global, Prix Europa, nomination
- Poppy Interactive: War and organized Crime gone Global, Prix Ars Electronica, honourable mention
- 2017
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, 150 Greatest Photobooks of All Time, Source Photographic Review
- Poppy Interactive: War and organized Crime gone Global, Digital Storytelling Award IDFA Doclab, nomination
- 2013
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2013, gold
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Canon Prize most innovative photo-project
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, European Design Award, bronze
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Dutch Doc Award, finalist
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Kees Scherer Book Award, finalist
- 2012
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Lens Culture Exposure Awards, honourable mention
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, New York Photo Awards, finalist multimedia
- 2007
- Certificate no.000358/, CHIPP Awards, 3rd prize, Nature and Environment
- Certificate no.000358/, Kees Scherer Book Award, finalist
- 2006
- Certificate no.000358/, World Press Photo, honourable mention
- Certificate no.000358/, Premio Miran Hrovatin Award, 1st prize
- 2001
- Civil War Guinea, PDN Award, 2nd place, best Magazine Photo Feature
- 2000
- Civil War in Angola, Photo Prize Prague, winner
- Civil War in Angola, World Press Photo, 2nd prize, People in the News
- 1999
- Refugee Crisis Somalia, Dutch Refugee Foundation, Winner
- Civil War in Angola, Silver Camera Awards, 1st prize, Documentary
- 1998
- Floods in Southern Somalia, Silver Camera Awards, 2nd prize, Documentary
- 1997
- Amputees Sierra Leone, Silver Camera Awards, 1st prize, Portraits
- Siege of Kabul, Silver Camera Awards, 2nd prize, Documentary
- 1995
- Tour de Faso, Burkina Faso Silver Camera Awards, 2nd prize, Documentary
GRANTS
- 2019
- Tree and Soil, publication grant Mondriaan Fund
- 2017
- Poppy Interactive, War and organized Crime gone Global, development grant Mondriaan Fund
- 2017
- Poppy Interactive, War and organized Crime gone Global, development grant Fund 21
- 2016
- Poppy Interactive, War and organized Crime gone Global, development grant Creative Industry Fund
- 2015
- Poppy Interactive, War and organized Crime gone Global, research grant Creative Industry fund
- 2014
- Tree and Soil, development grant Mondriaan Fund
- 2014
- Tree and Soil, development grant Anna Cornelis Fund
- 2014
- Tree and Soil, development grant Foundation for Democracy and Media
- 2013
- Recipient Stipend for Established Artists Mondriaan Fund
- 2011
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant Mondriaan Fund
- 2011
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant Sem Presser Foundation
- 2011
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant SNS Reaal Fund
- 2011
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant VSB Fund
- 2010
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant Prins Bernhard Culture fund
- 2009
- Recipient Stipend for Established Artists Mondriaan Fund
- 2008
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant Foundation for Democracy and Media
- 2008
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant Sem Presser Fund
- 2008
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, development grant National Committee for International Cooperation and Development
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
- 2020
- Tree and Soil, Fotomuseum, The Hague (upcoming)
- Tree and Soil, Lianzhou Photofestival, Lianzhou (upcoming)
- 2018
- Poppy Interactive: War and Organized Crime gone Global, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz*
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Lianzhou Photofestival, Lianzhou
- Tree and Soil, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow
- Metro Pop Up / Return to Afghanistan 2001-2009, Leica Gallery, Washington DC*
- 2017
- Poppy Interactive: War and Organized Crime gone Global, DOCLAB/IDFA, Amsterdam
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Vision, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, F2 Fotofestival, Dortmund
- 2016
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, C/0, Berlin
- A new display: Visual storytelling at a crossroad/Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow*
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Griffin Art Space, Warsaw
- Shadowlands, Noorderlicht, Museum Belvedère, Oranjewoud*
- Shadowlands, Goethe Institute, Washington DC*
- 2015
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne
- Metro Pop Up / Texas Prison Industry, International Photography Festival, Hyderabad*
- Metro Pop Up / Afghanistan 2001 – 2009, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney*
- Mijn Vlakke Land / Fukushima, FOMU, Antwerpen*
- 2014
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney
- On the Move / Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam*
- Metro Pop Up / Shadowlands, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland*
- Certificate no. 000358/, Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen
- Certificate no. 000358/, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
- Shadowlands, Photoville, New York*
- 2013
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, 1st Beijing Photo Biennial, Beijing
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg
- Dutch Doc Awards / Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam*
- Silver Camera Awards / Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Fotomuseum, Den Haag*
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Night Contact, London
- Just when you thought you were safe / Shadowlands, Jim Thomson House Art House, Bangkok*
- Just when you thought you were safe/Shadowlands, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila*
- Shadowlands, Fotofestival Naarden, Naarden
- WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.*
- WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston*
- 2012
- Tatort: UMWELT, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna*
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
- New York Photo Awards / Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Dumbo Arts Festival, New York*
- Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin, Humanity House, The Hague
- Certificate no. 000358/, Die Kunstverein, Berlin
- 2011
- Certificate no. 000358/, Kunsthalle-Project Space, Vienna
- Certificate no. 000358/, Fotometria, Ionannina
- Certificate no. 000358/, Sankring Art Space, Yogyakarta
- Certificate no. 000358/, Gallery Soemardja, Bandung
- Annya, 6 years later / Chernobyl 2011, Museum of Siam, Bangkok
- Annya, 6 years later / Chernobyl 2011, Piramal Gallery, Mumbai
- Shadowlands, DF Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- Certificate no. 000358/, Festival Della Fotografia Etica, Lodi
- Portraits, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco*
- Outernational, Fotoweek, Washington DC*
- 2008
- NRC, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam*
- Hira Mandi, Lux Photo Gallery, Amsterdam
- Certificate no. 000358/, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney
- 2007
- Certificate no. 000358/, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
- 2006
- Mayak/Half Life, Galerie Opera, Ostrava
- Chernobyl 20 years on, United Nations, New York*
- Certificate no. 000358/, Oxo Gallery, London
- Certificate no. 000358/, Centro Imagen, Mexico City
- Certificate no. 000358/, WWF Gallery, New Delhi
- Certificate no. 000358/, Ping Yao International Photo Festival, Ping Yao
- Certificate no. 000358/, Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev
- Certificate no. 000358/, Place Des Arts, Montreal
- Certificate no. 000358/, Photokina, Köln
- Certificate no. 000358/, Karlin Hall, Prague
- Certificate no. 000358/, International Photo Festival/Auditorium Della Musica, Rome
- Certificate no. 000358/, Naturhistorischen Museum, Wien
- Certificate no. 000358/, Gallery for Photojournalism, Jakarta
- Certificate no. 000358/, FNAC Galerie Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Alicante
- Certificate no. 000358/, Cinemateque, Tel Aviv
- Certificate no. 000358/, Masrah Al Medina, Beirut
* Group exhibition
INTERVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS (selection)
BBC World, CNN, Australian Broadcasting News, BBC Radio 4, RAI UNO, Hong Kong TV, Sun TV Taiwan, Photonews.de, British Journal of Photography, Rangefinder Magazine, Der Spiegel, Australian Photojournalist, The Australian, Die Süddeutsche Zeitung ,New York Times, the Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, FOTO 8, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Grande Reportagem, La Repubblica, Il Sole24Ore, South China Morning Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Internazionale, Mother Jones, Sunday Herald, Private magazine, Creative Photography Iran, VPRO Radio and TV, El Pais, Io Donna, American Suburb X, Conscientious Blog, Time Machine GUP Magazine, 8Weekly, TV Cultura Warsaw, Ahorn Magazine, Lens Magazine, Director’s Note, Le Monde, Wired Japan.
MASTERCLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES (selection)
Tisch School of Arts New York, Griffith University Brisbane, University of New South Wales, FOAM Amsterdam, Fotomuseum Rotterdam, School of Journalism Utrecht, Australian Center of Photography Sydney, GKF, Frontline Club London, State Academy of Journalism in Beijing, Fotoweek DC Washington, Photometria Ionannina, Noorderlicht Groningen, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Photo8 HOST Gallery London, White Cloth Gallery Leeds, F2 Fotofestival Dortmund, Photomonth Krakow, the Royal Academy of Art The Hague, St Joost Academy of Art Breda, C/O Berlin, Photographers Stronghold Tokyo, Eye Film Institute Amsterdam
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