Anna den Drijver (The Hague, 1975) is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, working primarily through self-published photobooks. Her practice explores how contemporary image culture shapes perception, identity, and human connection in an increasingly mediated world.

Combining contemplative photography with appropriated imagery and material interventions, Den Drijver reflects on the fluid and unstable nature of identity, and on the tension between visibility and disappearance, intimacy and distance. Central to her work is the photobook as a tactile and conceptual medium, where sequencing, materiality, and touch become part of the meaning itself.

Her recent publication Echo’s Touch explores longing, resonance, and embodied connection through images of hands, threads, birds, and organic forms. Using reflective paper, embossed surfaces, and a heat-sensitive cover, the book becomes a tactile metaphor for the fragile and fleeting nature of human connection in a digital age.

Her work has been presented internationally at fairs and exhibitions including Unseen / Art Rotterdam, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and PAN Amsterdam. Her photobook Enchanted Blossom (2016) was selected by de Volkskrant as one of the most notable Dutch photobooks of the year.

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
Sold out

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

____& WHIP IT
To buy @

Foam Bookshop
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

Self-Published Books
2026
– Echo’s Touch, ed. 250
2021
– Liquid Identity, ed. 100

2021 – Fading Impermanence, ed. 100

2018 – __ & Whip It, ed. 250
2016
– Enchanted Blossom, ed. 150
2014
– Als een meisje van tien, ed. 150
2013
– Me, ed. 25

Selected Exhibitions
2026 – Keep the fire Burning, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia

2026 – Unseen / Art Rotterdam

2026 – Love, Paris
2026
– Echo’s Touch, Palazzo Tiglio, Arezzo, Italy
2025
– Sex & Politics, along Paris Photo

2025 – Twofold (with Eugenie Goldschmeding), Bergen NL
2018
– Changing Literacies of the Boundless Book, Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
2016
– Solo Exhibition: Equilibrium, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam

2016 – Art Miami, USA

2016 – PAN Amsterdam
2015 – Art Miami, USA

2015 – PAN Amsterdam
2013
– New Dutch Photography Talent, GUP Gallery

2013 – Fotomuseum Den Haag
2013 – Fotofestival Naarden

Selected Nomations & Awards
– Enchanted Blossom selected among “The 20 Best Photobooks of 2016”, de Volkskrant

– Prix de la Photographie Paris (Gold, 2x)

– International Color Awards (1st Prize)

– Moscow Photo Awards (Category Winner)

– International Photo Awards (multiple Honorable Mentions)
- Photo Academy award (nominated in 4 categories)
- SO2013: Secelction Dutch Photography Award (nominated)

Articles
Trouw, Volkskrant, Residence, Nouveau, Centrialianews, Nelquotidiana, L’ Eventail