Eddy Posthuma de Boer

Posthuma de Boer in December 1972 at the ceremony of LOF Prize of which he was one of the recipients. Eddy Posthuma de Boer (30 May 1931 – 25 July 2021) was a Dutch photographer and photojournalist. He worked for a number of Dutch media and as a freelancer. Posthuma de Boer made portraits of writers, musicians, and ordinary people.

Early life Posthuma de Boer was born in Amsterdam.

In 1997, Posthuma de Boer was the recipient of Kees Scherer award.

Personal life Since 1961, Posthuma de Boer was married with the singer Henriëtte Klautz. They had two daughters, the photographer Tessa Posthuma de Boer and the writer Eva Posthuma de Boer. He is referenced on page 103, in the book Two Roads Home, by Daniel Finklestein, where he shockingly witnessed as a boy on 20 June 1943, the rounding up and arrest of Jews in the center of Amsterdam. He saw two of his schoolmates in the group. He reported these two ultimately perished.

Publications Amsterdam. Adriaan Morriën and Posthuma de Boer. Leiden, Stafleu, 1959 Carnaval. Bertus Aafjes and Posthuma de Boer. Utrecht: Bruna, 1968 222 Schrijvers. Literaire portretten. Eddy and Tessa Posthuma de Boer. Amsterdam: Bas Lubberhuizen, 2005. Het menselijk bestaan. De wereld van fotograaf Eddy Posthuma de Boer. Eindhoven: Lecturis, 2015. Door het oog van de tijd. De Reve-foto's van Eddy Posthuma de Boer. Varik: De Weideblik, 2015. Muggen en olfianten. Eddy & Tessa Posthuma de Boer. Amsterdam: Ambo/Anthos, 2020. 90. Amsterdam: Arguspers, 2021.