Photo collection

In the past 75 years, Institute Kern has assembled a collection of approximately 70,000 historical and modern photographs, related to South and Southeast Asian art and archeology. The institute has also collected cityscapes and photos of antropological nature.

Collection Institute Kern

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Among the photographers, there are many famous photographers and researchers, such as Kassian Cephas, Yves Coffin, Isidore van Kinsbergen, Josephine Powell, Johanna van Lohuizen-de Leeuw and Gerard Foekema.

Catalogue

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A growing amount of photographs (currently +/- 40,000) is available online via this link. Search, for example, for ‘Institute Kern’ and you will find many high quality photos. More information on the possibilities of consulting the original copies, please ask the desk members at the University Library.

Photographs available from...

• India (1870 – now) • Indonesia (1870 – now) • Afghanistan (1920 – 1990) • Pakistan (1880 – 1990) • Bangladesh (1900 – 1940) • Nepal (1960 – 1990) • Sri Lanka (1880 – 1990) • Thailand (1910 – 1990) • Cambodja (1900 – 1990) • Myanmar (1870 – 1990) • Silk Route, Kazachstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan • Vietnam (1960 – 1980)

Besides this collection of photographs, the institutes also holds a large collection of glass-, nitrate-, acetate- and polyester negatives, as well as 100,000 black and white and colour slides.