Malherbe, Marcel

Born in Zwolle (Netherlands) in 1946, independent photographer since 1987, citizen of Geneva (Switzerland) since 1996. 

 

Specializing in travel, editorial and documentary photography, with a special interest in humanitarian, social and cultural topics as well as architectural and landscape photography.

 

Long-term photo projects :

 

1989-1991        transportation in the E.U.                      for Hollandse Hoogte Agency

1992                 Europe’s internal borders                      for Hollandse Hoogte Agency

1992                 local politics in the Netherlands             for Hollandse Hoogte Agency  

1993-1995        the course of  justice in the Netherlands Ministry of Justice

1992-1995        Madura            (Indonesia)                              own project

 

Exhibitions:

 

- 1988 Odeon Theatre , Zwolle (Netherlands)

- 1989 Capi-Lux Gallery , Rotterdam

- 1990 Silver Camera Award , Amsterdam

- 1991 Nikon Photo and Art Gallery , The Hague

- 1993 Groene Land Insurances , Zwolle (Netherlands)

- 1994 Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam

- 1995 GKf (photographers federation) traveling group exhibition , Netherlands

- 1998 Artists in Motion, Lausanne (Switzerland)

- 2000 Kunstrai, Amsterdam , group exhibition GKf

- 2001 Fotofestival Naarden, Netherlands

- 2001 World Intellectual Property Organization , Geneva (Switzerland)

- 2003  KLM Head Office, Amstelveen (Netherlands)

 

A number of works are to be found in the collection of the Netherlands National Photography Institution and in private collections in France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the USA.

 

Books :

 

Zwolle est est est

Zwolle Hanzestad

Gardens in Limburg

Traditional Farms and Gardens in the Netherlands

Genève Lumière

La Campagne genevoise

Residential architecture in the Netherlands 1992-1996 (4 volumes)

Croatia travel guidebook

Slovenia travel guidebook

Goa travel guidebook

Gambia & Senegal travel guidebook

Maldives travel guidebook

Bali travel guidebook

The Netherlands travel guidebook

Ik Spring Van De Vel (about a mental hospital)

Vaud, Le Milieu du Monde

 

 

Awards:

 

- 1989 Silver Camera Award , for best photojournalist in the Netherlands

- 1992 Nomination "Photography Award Netherlands for International Photography"

- 2007 Nomination for “Prix Nicolas Bouvier”, Switzerland

 

 

Representing agencies:

 

- The Image Works                              Woodstock NY                       (USA)

- Hollandse Hoogte Photo Agency        Amsterdam                             (Netherlands)

- Prisma Bild-Agentur                          Zürich                                    (Switzerland)

- Laif Agentur                                       Cologne                                  (Germany)

- Arcaid                                               Kingston-upon-Thames            (United Kingdom)

 

Clients :

 

Clients include a wide spectrum of international magazines, journals, agencies, international organizations and some of the major airlines, like KLM, in contributing to their world-renown calendar.

 

*  UNICEF , Geneva / New York

*  World Health Organization , Geneva

*  UNAIDS , Geneva

*  UNHCR , Geneva

*  World Meteorological Organization , Geneva

*  International Labor Organization , Geneva

*  United Nations Volunteers , Bonn

*  Audace Publishing , Geneva

*  Editions Slatkine , Geneva

*  Fondation pour Genève

*  Animan Magazine , Lausanne

*  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ,  Amstelveen , Netherlands 

*  Overijssel Province , Zwolle , Netherlands

*  Hoogovens, IJmuiden, Netherlands

*  Dominicus Travel Guidebooks , Haarlem , Netherlands

*  Kosmos Travel Guidebooks, Netherlands

*  Djoser Travel Agency , Leiden , Netherlands & Cologne , Germany

*  Dutch National Tourism Bureau , Leidschendam , Netherlands

*  Ministery of Foreign Affairs , The Hague , Netherlands

*  Ministery of Development , The Hague, Netherlands

*  Ministery of Culture , The Hague, Netherlands

*  Foundation The Hague Promotion, Netherlands

*  NWR , Amsterdam ,  Netherlands

*  La Normandie Architecture , Netherlands

*  BIRI Art Publications , Amsterdam

*  Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise

*  KPMG , Paris

*  Europartenariat , Brussels , Belgium

*  Der Spiegel , Hamburg , Germany

*  APA Publishers , Hong Kong

*  Prague Tribune , Prague , Czech Republic

*  Cargill International, Geneva

*  NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands

 

Travel reportages :

 

Argentina                     France                         Malta                           Switzerland

Australia                      Gambia                        Mexico                        Taiwan

Austria                         Germany                      Monaco                       Tanzania

Belgium                       Greece                         Morocco                      Thailand

Burma                         Haiti                            Netherlands                  United Kingdom          

Canada                        Hong Kong                  Poland                         United States

Chile                            India                            Portugal                       Uruguay

China                           Indonesia                     Senegal                                    Venezuela

Croatia                         Israel                           Singapore                     Virgin Islands

Cuba                            Italy                             Slovenia                       Yugoslavia

Denmark                      Laos                            South-Africa                Zambia

Easter Island                Macau                         South-Korea                 Zimbabwe

Ecuador                       Malaysia                      Spain

Egypt                           Maldives                      Sweden

 

 

Marcel Malherbe