Prospectus Master's in Photographic Studies 2009-2010 Leiden 2009

Susan Meiselas received her Master’s in Visual Education from Harvard University (USA)
in 1971. Her first photo book, Carnival Strippers, appeared in 1976. She became a member
of the photographers’ collective Magnum Photos in that same year, and has worked as a
freelance photographer since then. She is well known for her photographs of the
Nicaraguan insurrection, her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America, and
her projects Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History (1997, reprinted 2008) and Encounters
with the Dani (2003). In addition to her work as an editor and her contributions to
numerous photo books, Meiselas has had various solo exhibitions in Rotterdam, Paris,
Madrid, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, London, Chicago and New York. She has taught at the
University of California, Berkeley and has received two honorary doctorates. Her
photographs are included in several international collections and she has received a
number of renowned prizes. Her chair at Leiden is sponsored by the Nederlands
Fotomuseum in Rotterdam.
- Dr. Rachel Esner
Lecturer in Photography
Chair of the Master’s in Photographic Studies
Rapenburg 38, 2311 EX Leiden
Telephone: +31 (0)71 527 30 35/18 05
Email: r.esner@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Rachel Esner is an art historian lecturing in modern art and the history of photography. Her
interests focus on the history and theory of documentary photography from the
nineteenth century to today, on questions of the relationship between photography and
art, and on issues of the institutionalization of photography through museum and
curatorial practice.
- Tineke de Ruiter, MA
Lecturer in Photography and Applied Arts
Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL Leiden (room: 1174-220b)
Telephone: +31 (0)71 527 27 52
Email: m.a.de.ruiter@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Tineke de Ruiter is an art historian and is affiliated with the Department of Art History and
the Master’s in Photographic Studies as a lecturer in Modern Visual Arts and Photography.
She is researching the photographic oeuvre of the painter George Hendrik Breitner. De
Ruiter is a board member of the Stichting Fonds Anna Cornelis (chair) as well as FOAM,
Amsterdam.
- Bas Vroege
Coordinator Curatorial Training Programme
KABK, Prinsessegracht 4, 2514 AN The Hague
Telephone: +31 (0)70 315 47 77/(0)299 31 50 83
Email: bv@paradox.nl
Bas Vroege studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and photography at St.
Joost Academy in Breda. From 1981-1993 he was director of Perspektief, centre for
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