Anna den Drijver (The Hague, 1975) lives and works in Amsterdam. After a career in marketing, she studied at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam, from which she graduated in 2013. In 2016 she self-published her first book, Enchanted Blossom, which De Volkskrant deemed one of the 15 best photobooks of that year. Den Drijver’s work has been published in various newspapers and magazines and shown at festivals and art fairs in the Netherlands and abroad.

In her artistic practice, Den Drijver focuses, partly influenced by her past career in marketing, on how image culture shapes our relationships to the world around us. Den Drijver tries to come to grips with the ever-accelerating world of digital image circulation and consumption by combining her own contemplative photographs with adaptations of images from the public domain. She questions whether quiet reflection is still possible given the current inflation of the image and information. Can one still process information without jostling one’s identity? What do authorship and (intellectual) property mean in the context of an overcharged information economy?

Because of the vast amounts of information made available to us through the internet and other media, a perhaps false sense of urgency and immediacy arises. Information is often distributed and consumed in such an explosive and unfiltered manner, making it nearly impossible to maintain distance and make independent judgments. Is there still room in this hypermedial world for the development of something like authentic selfhood?

Book launch
@Unseen / Art Rotterdam
26-29 March 2026

Photography
Anna den Drijver
Graphic Design
Suze Swarte
Text
Kiene Brillenburgh Wurth
Pages 108
Size 240x300 mm

The cover responds to the temperature of the hands that hold the book. Brief contact arises, then fades upon release. A tangible metaphor for the fragile nature of connection.

ISBN
9789083471716

Enchanted Blossom
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Foam bookshop
Nederland fotomuseum
PhotoQ Bookstore
Huis Marseille
Museum DePont
Bonnefanten Museum
Van Abbe Museum

Photography
Anna den Drijver
Editing
Ellen Sanders
Anna den Drijver
Graphic Design
Suze Swarte
Text
Loulou Swarte
Translation
Steve Green
Pages 48
Size 215x304 mm
Cover Softcover

Paper
Color Plan Pale grey 175gr
Munken Lynx 70gr
Artic Volume 170gr
Printing
Zwaan Print Media
Binding
Agia & Lith
Edition 150
Self Published
ISBN
978-90-822415-3-2

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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
PhotoQ Bookshop
Fotomuseum Den Haag
Huis Marseille
Dashwood Books New York
Lugemik Bookshop
(Contemporary Art
Museum Estonia)
or send an e-mail to
annadendrijver@
yahoo.com

Photography
Anna den Drijver
Editing
Ellen Sanders
Graphic Design
Suze Swarte
Essay
Taco Hidde Bakker
Pages 150
Size 160 x 250 mm
Cover Softcover
with transparant sleeve

Printing
Zwaan Print Media
Binding
Agia & Lith
Edition 275
Self Published
ISBN
978-90-822415-6-3

RESIDENCE

Publication
Link to article

Publications

2025
– Liquid Identity: bespreking van werk, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Politécnico de Leiria (Portugal)

2018
– Nouveau Magazine: kunstenaarsinterview

2017
– Trouw, 4 februari: rubriek Letter & Geest

2016
– de Volkskrant, artikel: “De twintig mooiste fotoboeken van 2016”
– Collect Magazine, november
– Residence Magazine: kunstenaarsinterview, september

2015
– Collect Magazine, oktober

2014
– Villa d’Arte, augustus/september
– Collect Magazine, september
– LensCulture: portfolio
– Villa d’Arte, april/mei
– De Fotograaf, januari/februari

2013
– New Dutch Photography Talent 2014
– SO 2013 Awards: jaarboek (powered by PANL)
– SHUTR Fotomagazine, nr. 4
– De Fotograaf, september/oktober
– see7mag.com: World Below, Little Mermaid

Awards

2016
– Opgenomen in de lijst “De twintig mooiste fotoboeken van 2016”, de Volkskrant (Enchanted Blossom)
– Prix de la Photographie Paris: Goud, categorie Fashion
– Prix de la Photographie Paris: Goud, categorie Digitally Enhanced
– Moscow Photo Awards: Categorie-winnaar Portfolio, 2e plaats algemeen
– Moscow Photo Awards: Subcategorie-winnaar Portfolio, Fine Art
– International Color Awards: 1e plaats + 3 nominaties
– International Photo Awards: Eervolle vermelding

2015
– International Photo Awards: 4 eervolle vermeldingen
– Prix de la Photographie: Publieksprijs, 3e plaats
– Prix de la Photographie: 3 eervolle vermeldingen
– International Photo Awards: 8 eervolle vermeldingen in de hoofdcompetitie

2014
– Prix de la Photographie: Zilver (1x)
– Prix de la Photographie: Brons (2x)
– Prix de la Photographie: 2 eervolle vermeldingen
– Finalist: 7e editie Margaret Cameron Award
– Prix de la Photographie Paris (Blue): Eervolle vermelding
– International Photo Awards: 7 eervolle vermeldingen (One World)

2013
– Photo Academy Award: Genomineerd in 4 categorieën
– SO2013: Selectie Dutch Photography Award, nominatie
– Akademie Vogue Award Fotostyling: 2e prijs

2012
– Digifotopro Beauty & Fashion Contest: 2e prijs