Frank Scholten Photographs
Travel and street photography made in Europe and Palestina by Frank Scholten
NINO F Scholten photographic print 19: 0624
Frank Scholten Photographs
Frank Scholten was an artist from Amsterdam who travelled to Palestine in the years 1921-1923, taking pictures with the purpose of compiling an illustrated Bible. Besides the many photographs with a biblical context, he also captured the country and its people with the utmost precision. As such, the collection contains images of different religious and social milieus, occupations, religious festivals, events, street scenes, monuments, and landscapes. The timespan of Scholten's work encompasses an interesting period in which shifts in the political and demographical arena occurred; from Ottoman reign towards more western influences.
The Frank Scholten photo collection holds ca. 14.000 negatives, ca. 13.000 photographic prints and 67 photo albums. Most photo's were made in Palestine in the years 1921-1923. The collection was legated to NINO (Netherlandish Institute for the Near East) in Leiden. In addition, there is an extensive archive of note books, maps, images and clippings collected by Frank Scholten, see the ‘Collection inventory’ in the Frank Scholten Collection Guide.