Cas Oorthuys

Oorthuys (1971)

Casparus Bernardus (Cas) Oorthuys (born November 1, 1908 in Leiden , Province of South Holland , † July 22, 1975 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch photographer , designer of book covers and resistance fighter in World War II .

Life

Oorthuys was the son of a clergyman in the Dutch Reformed Church . He had lived in Amsterdam since he was one, where his father had been transferred. Because of his dyslexia , he went to a craft school (Ambachtsschool). He later attended the School of Construction, Fine Arts and Crafts in Haarlem before studying construction at a secondary school , the Middelbare Technical School (Haarlem) .

During his time in Haarlem, Oorthuys became a vegetarian , anti- war and communist . From 1930 he worked as a draftsman for the city of Amsterdam for two years. He was dismissed as a result of the global economic crisis . He joined the Communist Party of Holland as an unemployed person . Together with Jo Voskuil (1897–1972) he ran the advertising company OV20 (Oorthuys-Vos 20) from 1932 to 1935 . During these years, his photographs developed in the style of worker photography with great propaganda effects and showed the world of poverty, the stamping unemployed and homeless. In 1936 he was permanently employed by De Arbeiderspers (Die Arbeiterpresse). He also worked as a reporter for magazines, for book illustrations and book covers. During this time, together with Voskuil, he organized an exhibition in which the real Germany at the time of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was shown.

Second World War

In 1941 Oorthuys, like all press photographers in the Netherlands, was forced to join the Association of Dutch Journalists . He worked on a photo book for the Agrarian Fund about agriculture in the Netherlands. At the same time he made passport photos for forged ID cards and photos for other documents for the underground. He was arrested in May 1944 and spent three months in the Amersfoort transit camp . In September 1944 he went into hiding and began documenting the occupation with other photographers, including Emmy Andriesse .

post war period

After 1945 Oorthuys took the party of the young Republic of Indonesia , which fought for years against the re-establishment of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies . His bluntly partisan photo book is entitled Staat in wording (State in becoming).

photography

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  Surface planer

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  Walcheren (1945)

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  Wieringermeer polder (1945)

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  School (1946)

Personal

Oorthuys was married twice, and the marriages had five children. He designed the Dutch postage stamp on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation in 1975. The photographer's archive from 1944 onwards is in the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam .

Publications

• 1961: Text by Pierre Cressard: This is Brittany . Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• Voici L'Alsace .
  • 1961: German text by Paul Ahnne: Das Alsace and Strasbourg . Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1960: Text by H. Molendijk: This is Amersfoort . Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp.
• De Waddeneilanden .
  • 1959: Text by Eva Zandstra: The Dutch Wadden Islands . Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp.
• 1958: Text by Marisa Ferro: The Italian Riviera . Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1958; Text by B. Delépinne: This is Brussels and the world exhibition . Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1957: Text by Neville Braybrooke: This is London. From dawn to midnight , Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1955: Text by K. Jonkheere: This is Belgium . Axel Junker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1955: Text by Jon Kelk: Nederland in Foto's , de / en / nl. contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp
• 1952: Text by Han G. Hoekstra: This is Amsterdam. from dawn to midnight , Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1952: Text by Jan Kornelis Kelk: This is Holland , Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.
• 1952: Text by Jan Brusse: Bonjour Paris - Bonsoir Paris - Au revoir Paris , hotel plan, Zurich.

Web links

Commons : Cas Oorthuys  - collection of images, videos and audio files