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“Read as a study of wartime poverty, the image is compelling, as are the other photographs taken by Andriesse of daily life in Amsterdam during its “winter of hunger” in 1944-45. Yet unlike other documentary photographers noted for their sensitive portrayals of oppression and deprivation, such as Lee Miller’s of wartime Europe, Andriesse was more than an observer. As a Jew, she was a participant in - and victim of - the brutality and persecution of occupied Amsterdam during the second world war.” [+]

Emmy Andriesse, Windows, Grayer, Canals, 1944-1945, Printed 1947