Erwin Olaf (Erwin Olaf Springveld) (born 1959 Hilversum, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer.[1]
Olaf is most famous for his commercial and personal work. He has been commissioned to photograph advertising campaigns for large international companies such as Levi's, Microsoft and Nokia.[2] Some of his most famous photographic series include "Grief", "Rain", and "Royal Blood". Never one to shy away from controversy, Olaf's work is often daring and provocative.[3] Humorously however, one of his early photographs was once expelled from a show on the basis of not containing nudity.
His work has received many awards[4] and he has held exhibitions around the world.[5]
Olaf studied journalism in the School of Journalism in Utrecht.[2]
Erwin Olaf has show in galleries and museums all around the world as for example at Flatland Gallery, Utrecht ; Hasted Hunt, New York; Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris; Gallery Espacio Minimo, Madrid ; B&D Gallery, Milan ; Miller Gallery, New York Crown Gallery, Brussels ; Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam etc.
Museum of Modern Art, Moscow FotoMuseum, Antwerp Groninger Museum, Groningen DA2, Salamanca, Spain Museum of New Art, Pontiac, USA GAM/Modern Art gallery of Bologna Muzeum Miejskie we Wroclawiu, Wroclaw, Poland Cultuurlaboratorium, Limburgs Museum, Venlo Institut Neerlandais, Paris Arts Statements ltd., Hong Kong Tapper-Popermajer gallery, Malmo Groninger museum, Groningen Museo Arte Contemp, Nuoro Fotomuseum Den Haag Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gazteis Chelsea Art Museum, New York Bilbao Art Centre, Bilbao Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Vlissingen Centraal museum, Utrecht Groninger Museum, Groningen Museum of Modern Art, Hasselt Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam ; Groninger Museum, Groningen ; Amsterdams centrum voor de fotografie, Amsterdam ; Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ; Roselyn Oxley Gallery; Kunsthal for Modern Art, Rotterdam , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Fodor Museum, Amsterdam