Elizar Veerman

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Elizar Veerman is a Moluccan-Dutch photographer and visual artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His photographic practice is particularly concerned with the effects of Migration. Focusing on peripheral communities and diasporas, he portrays representations of street culture, post-colonial identity and acts of (self-) reclamation in both Documentary and commissioned photography.

Education

2020 - 2021 Internship Dana Lixenberg, Amsterdam, NL 2017 - 2022 BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art, NL

Selected Publications

Volkskrant Magazine - Marseille story De Morgen - Marseille story Mister Motley Magazine VPRO Gids - Cover story GQ Middle East Volkskrant Magazine - Cover story Fisheye Magazine NRC Media It’s Nice That NRC Media - Moluccan Legacies BNNVARA Dutch television - Moluccan Legacies

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 UNFAIR24, Amsterdam, NL 2024 Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC, USA 2024 DuPho SO’24 Award, Amsterdam, NL 2023 - 2024 Kolonialisme & Rotterdam, Wereldmuseum, NL 2023 UNESCO Cultural Currency Conference, Rotterdam, NL 2023 DuPho SO’23 Award, Amsterdam, NL 2022 PhotoVogue Festival, BASE, Milan, IT 2022 Inbetween Identities, GLO’ART, Lanaken, BE 2022 Graduation, Royal Academy of Art, NL 2021 70 jaar Molukkers in Nederland, Rotterdam NL 2020 Noorderlicht Futurama, Museum Belvédère, NL

Prizes & Nominations

2024 DuPho SO’24 Award - Nominee 2023 DuPho SO’23 Award - Nominee 2022 Rabo Portrait Prize Talent - Longlist 2022 PhotoVogue ‘The 100 Next Great Image Makers’

Selected Clients

Daily Paper, Footlocker, GQ, Volkskrant Magazine