ELSKEN,ED VAN DER. Velde,Jelle van der. — NatLab.

Eindhoven, Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium, [1989]. B./w. photography by Ed van der Elsken. Orig. softcover. In the 1980s, Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) made a unique photo series in the Philips physics laboratory in Eindhoven. More than a hundred original prints portray a world populated by researchers and scientists in search of new techniques. Van der Elsken had built up a solid reputation as a street photographer in the 1950s and 1960s. In Eindhoven he did not photograph unapproachable science, but researchers and technicians of flesh and blood in their biotope of test setups, conference rooms, workshops, computer prints and chalkboards. At lightning speed and without flash, he caught these men and women on camera.