Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1933
Lives and works in Mexico City.
Bob Schalkwijk
Vivienda decorada con motivos olímpicos en la colonia Isidro Fabela, Septiembre de 1968.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
60 x 40 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vivienda decorada con motivos de la XIX Olimpiada, colonia Isidro Fabela, Septiembre de 1968.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
60 x 40 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Rótulos de diversos negocios en un edificio de la colonia Roma, Mayo de 1968.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
60 x 40 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Rótulos de diversos negocios en un edificio en Avenida Revolución, 1977.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
60 x 40 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vendedores de globos, Avenida Juárez, Diciembre de 1963.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
60 x 40 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vendedor de globos frente al Hemiciclo a Juárez, Diciembre de 1963.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
40 x 60 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Torre Latinoamericana desde Avenida Juárez, Diciembre de 1963.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
40 x 60 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Kiosko de periódico en el Centro Histórico, 2 de Septiembre de 1971.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
40 x 60 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Repartidores de periódico, Plaza de la Constitución, 1977.
Fine Art Inkjet Print from an original Ektachrome donde by the artist
40 x 60 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Conjunto Habitacional Nonoalco Tlatelolco, Septiembre de 1963.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Glorieta de La Fuente de Petróleos, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Enero de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Biblioteca Central de Ciudad Universitaria y Popocatépetl, Enero de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Juegos infantiles, Conjunto Habitacional Nonoalco Tlatelolco, Enero de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vendedores de globos, Bosque de Chapultepec, 1960.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique,Vintage, Signed
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vendedor de globos, Segunda sección del Bosque de Chapultepec, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Esquina del antiguo Palacio de los Condes de Santiago de Calimaya, hoy Museo de la Ciudad de México, Centro Histórico, marzo de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Vida nocturna capitalina, Avenida Paseo de la Reforma esquina Avenida Juárez, Febrero de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Basílica de Guadalupe, 13 de Diciembre de 1959.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Ciudad Universitaria, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Monolito de Tláloc, Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Electricistas, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México, Septiembre de 1963.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Torres de Satélite, Septiembre de 1963.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Barrio de Xoco, Marzo de 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Alameda Central en fin de año, Diciembre de 1963.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Monumento a la revolución, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Feliz Navidad, 1964.
Silver gelatin analog photograph produced by the artist.
Unique Vintage
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Approximate view with unframed print. Ask for exact available dimensions
Bob Schalkwijk
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1933
Lives and works in Mexico City.
Bob Schalkwijk : D.F. 59-71
In 1959 Bob Schalkwijk (Rotterdam, 1933) arrived in Mexico City, one that looked very different from ours yet very similar. Continuing the tradition of urban photographers, Bob skillfully portrayed how the Mexican capital was transforming to become a great modern capital. The architecture, the street vendors, the press, the traffic and the avenues, the new housing units and the ways of using the public space are, in Bob's work, a series of layers that make up the city that, despite having different rhythms and different ages coexist at all times. This is Mexico City, a series of geological and social layers built together anachronistically.
This exhibition includes images of Mexico City captured by Shalkwijk from 1959 to 1971. For these years, the University City and the Nonoalco-Tlatelolco housing unit already existed—still shining—; The 1968 Olympics had placed our country at the center of world attention, and at the same time old traditions such as religious pilgrimages or the Three Kings Day celebration in Alameda Central continued to be in force; the 1985 earthquake was still far in the future. We can also see the birth of new popular expressions within a large city such as polychrome balloons.
Mexico City is made of layers, it can be seen in the Mexica stones that support New Spain buildings, in the brand new cars next to Porfirian buildings or in modern murals on houses made of sheet metal; it is seen in its inhabitants, pilgrims, tourists, chilangos and in the very few photographers who have been able to decipher it, one of them is Bob Schalkwijk.
Aldo Solano Rojas. PhD. History of Art, UNAM, curator.
Arturo Delgado. Founder/diretor, Almanaque-fotográfica.
His work belongs to the collections of the National Museum of Photography: Centro de la Imagen, Museo Amparo, MoCA, the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as well as as to numerous private collections. On the occasion of his 90th birthday, this year the Mexican Ministry of Culture will pay homage to him with a major individual exhibition at Centro de la Imagen.
