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Can Love Be a Photograph: 40 Years of Inez & Vinoodh
By Inez Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Published by Hannibal Publishers
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About The Book
A unique retrospective of one of the most influential photography duos of our time: Inez & Vinoodh
For forty years, Inez van Lamsweerde (b. 1963) & Vinoodh Matadin (b. 1961) have redefined the boundaries of photography. This iconic duo, born in the Netherlands and hailed worldwide for their fearless fusion of art, fashion, and portraiture, have created a body of work that is as visually seductive as it is intellectually disruptive. Throughout, they have embraced innovation, but without letting technology take over their narrative.
Inez & Vinoodh continue to collaborate with leading fashion designers and luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chloé, and Chanel, while also producing striking covers and editorials for acclaimed publications, including Vogue, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, and Gentlewoman.
Acting as both mirror and magnifying glass, their photography not only draws from popular culture but also critiques it, uncovering a complex mingling of the familiar and the unsettling, the quotidian and the uncanny. Philosopher Simone Weil’s definition of truly seeing—“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”—lies at the heart of Can Love Be a Photograph, spanning four decades of the couple’s life and work together.
In addition to over 150 photographs by Inez & Vinoodh, this book includes written contributions by Mathias Augustyniak, Guus Beumer, Francesco Bonami, Pamela Chen, Donatien Grau, Margriet Schavemaker, and Willemijn van der Zwaan, as well as a wide-ranging conversation with Tilda Swinton
Publication accompanying the exhibition Can Love Be a Photograph – 40 Years of Inez & Vinoodh, at Kunstmuseum Den Haag from March 21 to September 6, 2026.
Book design by M/M (Paris).
For forty years, Inez van Lamsweerde (b. 1963) & Vinoodh Matadin (b. 1961) have redefined the boundaries of photography. This iconic duo, born in the Netherlands and hailed worldwide for their fearless fusion of art, fashion, and portraiture, have created a body of work that is as visually seductive as it is intellectually disruptive. Throughout, they have embraced innovation, but without letting technology take over their narrative.
Inez & Vinoodh continue to collaborate with leading fashion designers and luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chloé, and Chanel, while also producing striking covers and editorials for acclaimed publications, including Vogue, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, and Gentlewoman.
Acting as both mirror and magnifying glass, their photography not only draws from popular culture but also critiques it, uncovering a complex mingling of the familiar and the unsettling, the quotidian and the uncanny. Philosopher Simone Weil’s definition of truly seeing—“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”—lies at the heart of Can Love Be a Photograph, spanning four decades of the couple’s life and work together.
In addition to over 150 photographs by Inez & Vinoodh, this book includes written contributions by Mathias Augustyniak, Guus Beumer, Francesco Bonami, Pamela Chen, Donatien Grau, Margriet Schavemaker, and Willemijn van der Zwaan, as well as a wide-ranging conversation with Tilda Swinton
Publication accompanying the exhibition Can Love Be a Photograph – 40 Years of Inez & Vinoodh, at Kunstmuseum Den Haag from March 21 to September 6, 2026.
Book design by M/M (Paris).
Product Details
- Publisher: Hannibal Publishers (June 2, 2026)
- Length: 248 pages
- ISBN13: 9789493416574
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Raves and Reviews
"A new book celebrating four decades of fashion photography duo Inez and Vinoodh features celebrity portraits, surrealist visions and a meditation on love itself...hailed for their fusion of art, fashion and portraiture, [they] have created a body of work that is as visually seductive as it is intellectually disruptive."
– The Guardian, US
"....delectable...Audaciously designed – with a translucent jacket, booklet and enclosed poster – and packed with a heap of interesting texts, [the book] does a fantastic job surveying the duo’s endlessly experimental work across art and fashion. For all their fantastic, reality-spinning visions, Inez & Vinoodh always manage to retain a very human way of telling stories. At its heart, the book is a statement on their creative partnership and a manifestation of their love – indeed reminding us of the emphatic answer to the title’s question."
– Dazed
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