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From Photobook Fair to Photobook Festival
On Saturday, May 24, 2025, we organized the sixth edition of the Photobook Fair. This year, it had a new look and a new name: PHOTOBOOK...

Irma van Bommel
Jun 24


A home of one's own
From 22 February to 3 May 2025 (one week longer), Pennings Foundation will present the exhibition A HOME OF ONE’S OWN, o n the...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 30


Fotokafeine (editie 4 - 10)
What is Fotokafeine? Fotokafeine is a surprise evening. What is certain is that an image maker is invited and that we eat together. This...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 1


With One Eye Open
An ode to graffiti photography Until 30 November 2024, the Pennings Foundation is showing the exhibition ‘With One Eye Open’, a...

Irma van Bommel
Nov 19, 2024


Subway Art
Photography: Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant Text: idem Design: idem 2016 (reprinted 2022) Book of the month...

Irma van Bommel
Aug 24, 2024


Graduation show SintLucas
Towards the end of the school year the stage is always for SintLucas. Since 2017, final year Photography students from MBO SintLucas in...

Irma van Bommel
Jul 15, 2024


Where We Bloom
From June 28 to August 24, 2024, the exhibition Where We Bloom by Jesse van den Berg is on show at Pennings Foundation, about intimacy,...

Irma van Bommel
Jun 5, 2024


The annual Photo Book Fair
Since 2017, Pennings Foundation has organized a Photo Book Fair in its own building every spring, with the exception of the corona years....

Irma van Bommel
May 1, 2024


The fourth dimension
Text: Monique Hendriks Image: Bas Berends and Lilia Scheerder Book of the month May 2024 What makes a book a book? Should it have a...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 30, 2024


The collector speaks
From July 27 to August 24, 2024, the exhibition The [un]fortunate man, a selection from Jo Brunenberg's male nude collection is on show...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 24, 2024


I AM – About the participants
If women in a society are not free, no one is free. Everyone should realize this. If women are not free to make their own choices, if...

Irma van Bommel
Mar 26, 2024


I AM - Curators speak
Friday, March 8, 2024 is International Women's Day. The group exhibition 'I am' will then open at Pennings Foundation. I spoke to the...

Andre Cardinaal
Mar 8, 2024


#48 Jasper van den Ende wins the Harry Pennings Prize 2023
'The temperature is rising, and so is the excitement!' was the headline in the newsletter prior to the award ceremony on Saturday 10...

Irma van Bommel
Jun 11, 2023


#47 Harry Pennings Prize 2023
In honor of the Pennings Foundation's first lustrum (2018-2023), the Harry Pennings Prize will be awarded for the sixth time to a...

Irma van Bommel
May 16, 2023


De Facto
Photography: several Text: Arjan de Nooy, Flip Bool, Marianne Theunissen, Paul Bogaers Design: Charlotte van der Heijden 2009 Book of the...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 12, 2023


Where will we go
Photography: Kadir van Lohuizen Text: Kadir van Lohuizen Design: Heijdens Karwei (Teun van der Heijden en Sandra van der Doelen) 2015...

Irma van Bommel
Feb 20, 2023


Insomnia
Photography: Mischa Keijser Text: Mischa Keijser, David Boelee (gedicht) Design: Steffen Maas 2008 Book of the month January 2023 On the...

Irma van Bommel
Jan 7, 2023


Eindhoven365
Photography: Ruud Balk, Peter van Casteren, Erosie, Alphons Janssen, John Körmeling, Toos Nijssen, Dagmar Thieme, Alice Wielinga Text:...

Irma van Bommel
Dec 10, 2022


The Do-It-Yourselfie Guide
Photography: Willem Popelier Text: Willem Popelier Design: Willem Popelier 2015 Book of the month November 2022 Visual artist Willem...

Irma van Bommel
Nov 2, 2022


Motives
Photography: Ine Lamers Text: Chris Dercon, Frits Gierstberg, Maaike Bleeker, Frank Vande Veire Design: Gracia Lebbink 2002 Book of the...

Irma van Bommel
Oct 10, 2022


#46 Fotokafeine
Do you like surprises? Then come to Fotokafeine at Pennings Foundation. However, what exactly is Fotokafeine? What is certain is that an...

Irma van Bommel
Sep 20, 2022


Battlefields
Photography: Jos Jansen Assistent photographer: Igo Minnaar Text: Jos Jansen Design: Rob van Hoesel 2015 Book of the month May 2022...

Irma van Bommel
May 9, 2022


Eindhovenseweg 56
Photography: Ton Grote Text: Ton Grote Design: Jeremy Jansen 2021 Book of the month April 2022 On the cover we see a photo of a street...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 25, 2022


#45 Congo Connecting
Speaking: the curators and Carl De Keyzer “I think it's a beautiful, open exhibition where you're not forced what to think”, a visitor to...

Irma van Bommel
Apr 13, 2022


Losing one’s head. Paul de Nooijer
Photography: Paul de Nooijer Text: Ingeborg Leijerzapf Design: Henrik Barends 1978 Book of the month - February 2022 'Losing one's head'...

Irma van Bommel
Feb 25, 2022


#43 Open Call
A selection of photos from the Congo series (2010) by Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer forms the core of the exhibition Congo...

Irma van Bommel
Feb 2, 2022


#44 Interview Judith Elseviers
With the exhibition 'Congo Connecting', a selection of photos from the series Congo (2010) by Carl De Keyzer is on show again. What...

Irma van Bommel
Feb 1, 2022


Congo (Belge) – Congo Belge en images
Congo (Belge) Photography: Carl De Keyzer Text: compiled by David Van Reybrouck Design: Luc Dereycke 2009 Book of the month - December...

Irma van Bommel
Dec 22, 2021


#42 Debate on migration
As part of the Migration exhibition, in which we combined journalistic photos by Piet den Blanken with painting by Stijn Peeters, we...

Irma van Bommel
Dec 21, 2021


#41 Salvo Collective
Speaking: Sander Uitdehaag "For us, photography is not an end point but a starting point." Salvo Collective, formed by Anne Geene, Arjan...

Irma van Bommel
Nov 25, 2021


Plot No. 235 Encyclopaedia of an allotment
Photography: Anne Geene Text: Anne Geene, Tim De Mey Design cover: Vincent van Baar 2010 Book of the month – November 2021 In the book...

Irma van Bommel
Nov 20, 2021


Bloed en Honing (Blood and Honey)
Photography: Nicole Segers Text: Irene van der Linde Design: Edgar Smaling and Carlo Elias (Smel creative agency) 2020 Book of the month...

Irma van Bommel
Oct 14, 2021


NOTHING. CLICK. EVERYTHING
Collectief Salvo 30.10.2021 - 27.11.2021 Salvo Collective has been making publications since 2012. Almost ten years ago, Anne Geene,...

Andre Cardinaal
Oct 4, 2021


UNCOVER21
Forum BEELDtaal 06.11.2021 - 14.11.2021 UNCOVER is a biennial event about narrative photography by Forum BEELDtaal. Part of Uncover is an...

Andre Cardinaal
Oct 4, 2021


Grensgevallen
Photography: Piet den Blanken Texts: Joost ten Horn en Rob Ruggenberg Design: Jan de Rooij Selection: Hans Zoete 2003 Book of the month –...

Irma van Bommel
Sep 13, 2021


#39 Nude Now
Speaking: Martijn van de Griendt and the exhibitors The group exhibition NUDE // NOW with contributions from mostly young photographers...

Irma van Bommel
Aug 26, 2021


Exit Wounds (as if)
Photography and text: Martijn van de Griendt Design: Inedition, Eva van der Schans 2014 Book of the month – July 2021 The book 'Exit...

Irma van Bommel
Aug 1, 2021


Family Stranger
Photography: Wiosna van Bon Texts: quotes interviewees Design: Rob van Hoesel Book of the month - June 2021 The book 'Family Stranger'...

Irma van Bommel
Jun 22, 2021
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