Teachers
Johannes Schwartz
Born 1970, Munich, Germany. Studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (1995 - 1998). Coordinator at the Photography Department since 2003.
Paul Kooiker
Born 1964, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (1982-1986) and at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (1990-1992).
Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 1995.
Blommers & Schumm
Anushka Blommers born in Purmerend in 1969 and studied at the Rietveld Academie 1991-1996. Niels Schumm born in Naarden in 1969 and studied at the Rietveld Academie 1990-1995.
Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 2004.
Arnoud Holleman
Born in 1964 in Haarlem. Studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague (1982-1987) and Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (1987-1990). Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 2008.
Frido Troost
Born 1960, Amsterdam. Studied Art History at the University of Groningen (RUG; 1980-1988).
Teaches at the Rietveld Academy since 1995.
Merel Bem
Born in Leiderdorp in 1977. Studied Art History at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 2006.
Leo Divendal
Born in 1947 in Heemstede, the Netherlands. Studied theatre directing & teaching Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 1993.
Nickel van Duijvenboden
Born 1981, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Studied photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (1999-2003).
Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 2008.
Alon Levin
Born 1975, Tel Aviv, Israel. Studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (1998-2002) and at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (2005-2006).
Teaches at the Rietveld Academie since 2007.
www.alonlevin.com
The Department
How to apply
Would you like to study at the Photography Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie? This is possible after successful participation in our selection procedure. During our selection procedure the Rietveld Academie will assess your aptitude for our program. Visit www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl to read more about the requirements, admission procedure.
Photography at the Rietveld Academie
The degree course in Photography trains students to become autonomous photographers. New visual techniques using video, film and other media are also explored starting from photographic traditions.
In the first phase of the course students explore the different techniques, thereby developing their own solutions and vision. Attention is paid to special techniques, in the field of the old as well as in the new developments in photography.
In the last phase of the course the student works with his own programme which results in a number of self-chosen graduation subjects. The degree is the equivalent of the higher vocational degree in photography.