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"Gierstberg"
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Frits Gierstberg (Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1959) studied art history at the University of Leiden and specialized in contemporary art, architecture, film and photography. He was an extraordinary professor of photography at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam from 2006 to 2010, where he taught theory of documentary photography in the Department of Media and Journalism.
He is currently a visiting professor at the Piet Zwart Institute and a curator at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, both in Rotterdam. He is coauthor of The Dutch Photobook (Aperture), among other publications. In 2013 he was the guest curator of the XIII Gjon Mili Exhibition at the Kosova National Art Gallery in Pristina.
He is currently a visiting professor at the Piet Zwart Institute and a curator at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, both in Rotterdam. He is coauthor of The Dutch Photobook (Aperture), among other publications. In 2013 he was the guest curator of the XIII Gjon Mili Exhibition at the Kosova National Art Gallery in Pristina.
