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Bebe Blanco Agterberg is a visual storyteller based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She examines history and the reliability of the image in the post-truth era, which forms a grey area where fact and fiction live close to each other. This is the area where Agterberg positions herself.

The projects she makes explore the relationship between politics, media and citizens. How these three opponents feed each other, need each other, but also exist in a constant power struggle.

Her visual language is based on what she sees in the media and she is specifically interested in that what has been manipulated. Agterberg uses artificial light in order to give a cinematic feeling to the work, which is based on emotions that tries to lure its audience into believing what is created in front of them. In her work she takes on the role of a director that investigates what truth means in modern times.

Agterberg graduated with honours from The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague and is a member of Futures, a Europe based photography platform that brings together the resources and talents of 14 cultural institutions. She also works as an image editor for the Dutch journalistic platform; De Correspondent.

Besides working on personal projects, Bebe is available for commissioned assignments.

CONTACT:︎  bebeagterberg@gmail.com
︎  +31 (0)6 28 59 16 98



SELECTED EXHIBITION
2023 Unseen
2023 Incadaques Photofestival
2023 La Nuu, festival, Rubi
2023 UNFAIR
2023 Solo exhibition FOAM 3H   
2023 Photoville, New York
2022 UNFAIR Amsterdam
2022 Photo Festival Athens
2021 Gemeente Museum, Hilversum Zilveren Camera exhibition
2021 Dutch Photo Museum, Steenbergen Stipendium exhibition
2021 DYAD window exhibition
2020 Nest and Melkweg public exhibition Graduates 2020
2020 Graduation Show/ KABK
2019/2020 Beyond the bounds, Justice and Peace x Atrium, The Hague
2019 Der Greif online exhibition curated by Dominique Bell

AWARDS
2023 Nominated for the Harry Pennings Prize.
2022 Recipient of the Florentine Riem Vis Stipendium/FOAM
2022 Third prize Kassle Dummy Award with the book : A mal tiempo, buena cara.
2022 Shortlisted Belfast Photofestival
2021 PH Museum Editors’ TOP PROJECTS 2021
2021 Shortlisted Kassel Dummy award
2021 Finalist Star Dummy Award 2021
2021 FUTURES new talent 2021 selected by VOID publishing
2021 Third Place, Storytelling award Zilveren Camera
2020 Nominee Steenbergen Stipendium
2020  Winner de Beeldmakers#3, Het Parool & van de Jong likes
2020 PH Museum editors’ TOP PROJECTS OF 2020
2020 Finalist  and Juror’s Pick by Jim Casper, Lensculture Black & White Photography awards
2020 The Pupil Sphere UK, top 10 best photographic based graduate work
2019 Finalist and Juror’s Pick by Lesley A. Martin, Lensculture Black & White Photography awards
2019 Battle Zine hosted by Tipi Bookshop and Void publishing

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

2023 Oma''s prent, A mal tiempo, buena cara publicatie.

2023 NRC - Leica groepstentoonstelling gepubliceerd.

2022 PF Magazine decembernummer:Portfolio Interview met Claire Hoogakker.

2021 EXIT- Magazine; Portfolio Bebe Blanco Agterberg

2021 European Photography Art Magazine #110

2021 Canon pro-foto interview; Bebe Blanco Agterberg: Een fotografiestijl ontwikkelen

2021 GUP Portfolio article, written by Sophia Berends

2021 Lensculture interview; A mal tiempo, buena cara

2021 Newspaper Het Parool, Actors Rule the World/ beeldmakers

2020 Newspaper Het Parool, A mal tiempo, buena cara/beeldmakers

2020 The Pupil Sphere, Interview Exhibition Spotlight: Bebe Blanco 

EDUCATION

2016-2020 Graduated with honors from the Royal Academy of Art/KABK, The Hague, BA Photography

2019             Internship Rafal Milach, Warsaw, Poland

2014-2016 Fotovakschool, BA Applied photography and Image communication