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The Near East

Portraits

From the series Vincent Mentzel

Vincent Mentzel has shot countless portraits. Among others of Queen Beatrix and Crown Prince Willem Alexander. But what makes a good portrait?

The beginning

2:09 min. - The photo with a life of its own

The Hague Politics

3:24 min. - His first major topic

Fascination with foreign lands

1:30 min. - The photographer can also write

Colour in the newspaper

2:08 min. - Mentzel's fourth camera

Portraits

Spontaneously made or 'staged'?

The Near East

3:28 min - Special and moving journeys