Pim van Os

Pim van Os Dutch, 1910-1954 Pim van Os (born in Arnheim) became known for his experimental work created during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Van Os began his career as an apprentice in a photography shop in The Hague (1926-27), where he began experimenting with darkroom techniques, and then opened his own portrait studio. A Jew, in 1942 he went into hiding after the Nazi occupation of Holland. After the war van Os reopened his studio and began work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. He joined the Dutch Union of Art Photographers (nfk) in 1949 and became...