On Sunday, October 12, Museum Kranenburgh is hosting a lecture with photographer Iwan Baan. In the exhibition Momentum of Light, he is showing a selection of photographs he took in Burkina Faso in 2021 of traditional architecture. Baan captures how the daily cycle of sunlight is central to traditional construction and the daily lives of the inhabitants.
During the lecture, Iwan Baan will provide more insight into his creative process and the challenges he encountered while photographing in Burkina Faso, where he traveled with Burkinabe architect Francis Kéré. He will also discuss his unique approach to storytelling in photography. In his fascination with architecture, Baan explicitly chooses the perspective of the documentary photographer; his attention is focused on the interaction of architecture with its surroundings and the life around it.
After the lecture, there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask Iwan Baan their pressing questions.
Programme
14.00 – 14.05 Welcome by director Adriana Gonzalez Hulshof
14.05 – 15.00 Lecture by Iwan Baan
15.00 – 15.15 Opportunity for questions from the audience
15.15 End of program
Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan (NL, 1975) studied photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and is known worldwide as one of the leading figures in architectural photography. Baan photographs for internationally renowned architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, SANAA, and Toyo Ito. Momentum of Light, Iwan Baan’s first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands, is a tribute to a way of building and living based on the synergy between humans and nature.
