“If you put the focus on the form, the photo dies in beauty.” –Dolf Kruger,
1987

Swiss-born photographer Dolf Kruger, started his career as a freelance photographer before working for the paper De Waarheid. In 1959, he was invited to become a member of the GKf (professional association of photographers) and in 1961 he won the Silver Camera Award for a photo that he had taken of the miners’ strike in the Borinage region. After leaving De Waarheid in 1960, he worked as a freelance photographer for government agencies, publishers, corporations and environmental organizations. In 1983, he settled permanently in Sweden. A monograph of his work was was published for a retrospective exhibition in the Amsterdam Historical Museum.