1st Choice photo of Godlisten

1st Choice photo of Godlisten

<SPAN lang=EN-GB>Is it possible to photograph a model without thereby exploiting him or her? That is the issue explored by Jan Hoek in his photography projects. Here we see a photograph of Godlisten, a 23-year-old Maasai man from Tanzania. Western tourists often taken stereotypical photographs of the Maasai, jumping in traditional garb. While actually, the Maasai are increasingly moving to the city and adopting a modern lifestyle. Jan Hoek visited these ‘new’ Maasai in Arusha, engaging them in conversation and portraying them as they wished to be portrayed. Godlisten wanted to be portrayed as Spiderman. He chose this photograph as his favourite.</SPAN>

Is it possible to photograph a model without thereby exploiting him or her? That is the issue explored by Jan Hoek in his photography projects. Here we see a photograph of Godlisten, a 23-year-old Maasai man from Tanzania. Western tourists often taken stereotypical photographs of the Maasai, jumping in traditional garb. While actually, the Maasai are increasingly moving to the city and adopting a modern lifestyle. Jan Hoek visited these ‘new’ Maasai in Arusha, engaging them in conversation and portraying them as they wished to be portrayed. Godlisten wanted to be portrayed as Spiderman. He chose this photograph as his favourite.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

1st Choice photo of Godlisten

Artist

Jan Hoek (Utrecht 1984)

Dating

2013 (2/3 en 1 artist’s proof)

Material and technique

C-print

Object number

35333

Object type

foto, C-print

Acquisition

bruikleen Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed 2020 (Collectie Sanders)

Dimensions

hoogte 88 cm

breedte 132 cm

Inscriptions and markings

    Documentation

    • Collector's Item, (Utrecht, 2020), p. 104

    Exhibitions

    • Collector's item, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2020 - 2021

    Persistent url

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    https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.0A28D6BA-D721-46E7-BD2C-A6120A9ABA7F

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